# The Leridans — The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel character guide

> The Leridans in The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Leridans

**First appearance:** 0001-i

## Who they are

A family or group caught in the revolution.

## Relationships

### [Citizen Chauvelin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_league_of_the_scarlet_pimpernel_se/characters/citizen_chauvelin)

_professional_

The Leridans are a family of revolutionary informants or agents who report to Chauvelin.

### [Citizen Chauvelin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_league_of_the_scarlet_pimpernel_se/characters/citizen_chauvelin)

_professional_

The Leridans are a family of revolutionary informants or agents who report to Chauvelin.

## In the story

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_league_of_the_scarlet_pimpernel_se/chapters/vii)

Keepers of the house on the Chemin de Pantin where Marat's child was hidden.

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_league_of_the_scarlet_pimpernel_se/chapters/viii)

Anxious, obsequious, and terrified; they obey Chauvelin and reveal the warning letter they cannot read.

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_league_of_the_scarlet_pimpernel_se/chapters/ix)

Mentioned as the source of the crumpled paper with the doggerel rhyme that Chauvelin uses as false evidence.

### [Chapter XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_league_of_the_scarlet_pimpernel_se/chapters/xi)

The Leridans were deceived by false Sûreté men who took the child; they protest their innocence to Chauvelin.

## Links

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