# Merlin — The Elusive Pimpernel character guide

> Merlin in The Elusive Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Citizen Merlin

**First appearance:** 0002-i-paris-1793

## Who they are

A French revolutionary figure.

## In the story

### [II: A Retrospect](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_elusive_pimpernel_se/chapters/ii-a-retrospect)

Assists Tinville in the raid, snatching and studying the Englishman's note.

### [Triumph](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_elusive_pimpernel_se/chapters/xx-triumph)

Sneers at Chauvelin's aristocratic dating of the letter.

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