The History of Henry Esmond · Character
Blaise
A servant in the Pastoureau household in France.
minor
Also known as Monsieur Blaise
First appearance: xiii i meet an old acquaintance in flanders and find my mother s grave and my own cradle there
Blaise shows up with force in Whither in the Time of Thomas, Third Viscount, I Had Preceded Him as Page to Isabella. The page is where that presence becomes real.
French lackey who rides with Harry and makes sly comments about Harry's status.
Blaise first appears in 0031 xiii i meet an old acquaintance in flanders and find my mother s grave and my own cradle there.
In Whither in the Time of Thomas, Third Viscount, I Had Preceded Him as Page to Isabella: French lackey who rides with Harry and makes sly comments about Harry's status.
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