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Count Kasimiérz Barouffski

A calculating nobleman who keeps Leilah as a barricade, a purse, and a possession, and who measures every rival against his own failed schemes.

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Also known as Barouffski, the Count Kasimiérz Barouffski, Count

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Leilah's current husband, not present at the dinner but expected to join later.

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Barouffski moves through Leilah's life as both husband-figure and predator, having struck her physically and loosed the dogs on Verplank, yet he insists the law is on his side and that time will soften her memory of his cruelties. His jealousy is less about love than about control: he reads d'Arcy as a fortune-hunter after her bankbook, and privately admits the real menace is his own earlier failure to secure the box when the golden six was tossed him. He matters because he embodies the trap Leilah is trying to escape — a man whose respectability is a weapon and whose patience is a threat.

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Relationships

Leilah Verplank
romantic · ambivalent
Passionate and turbulent romantic relationship, marked by jealousy and intrigue. How this plays out →
Violet Silverstairs
rivalry · negative
Baron de Fresnoy
rivalry · negative
Emmanuel
rivalry · negative
Barouffski
family · positive
Leilah Verplank
romantic · ambivalent
Passionate and turbulent romantic relationship, marked by jealousy and intrigue. How this plays out →
Violet Silverstairs
rivalry · negative
Leilah Verplank
romantic · ambivalent
Passionate and turbulent romantic relationship, marked by jealousy and intrigue. How this plays out →
Baron de Fresnoy
rivalry · negative
Barouffski
family · positive
Emmanuel
rivalry · negative
Emmanuel
rivalry · negative

Leilah Verplank
Passionate and turbulent romantic relationship, marked by jealousy and intrigue.
Violet Silverstairs
Competitive and antagonistic relationship, likely over Leilah's affections or social standing.
Baron de Fresnoy
The Baron and the Count are romantic rivals, competing for Leilah's attention and favor.
Emmanuel
The Count and Emmanuel are adversaries, possibly over Leilah's loyalty or other personal conflicts.
Barouffski
Barouffski is a relative (likely father or uncle) of the Count, with a familial bond.
Leilah Verplank
Passionate and turbulent romantic relationship, marked by jealousy and intrigue.
Violet Silverstairs
Competitive and antagonistic relationship, likely over Leilah's affections or social standing.
Leilah Verplank
Passionate and turbulent romantic relationship, marked by jealousy and intrigue.
Baron de Fresnoy
The Baron and the Count are romantic rivals, competing for Leilah's attention and favor.
Barouffski
Barouffski is a relative (likely father or uncle) of the Count, with a familial bond.
Emmanuel
The Count and Emmanuel are adversaries, possibly over Leilah's loyalty or other personal conflicts.
Emmanuel
The Count and Emmanuel are adversaries, possibly over Leilah's loyalty or other personal conflicts.

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II
Leilah's current husband, not present at the dinner but expected to join later.
III
Hates Verplank without having met him; saves Leilah from a fire at a dinner party and begins courting her.
IV
Interposes himself between Verplank and Leilah, acting insolently.
V
The target of the duel challenge; his insult to Verplank triggers the events of the chapter.
VI
Revealed as a histrionic, menacing figure who wears a mask of gallantry but conceals a metaphorical knife; Leilah dreads him.
VII
Leilah considers using him as a channel to reveal the truth to Verplank; she married him as a barricade from the past.
VIII
Returns home and taunts Leilah with a warning about indiscretions and a threat of taking her to Poland.
IX
Duels Verplank, lunges early, and later suspiciously questions Leilah about 'five,' ordering a footman to be ready.
Chapter X
Sets dogs on Verplank, strikes Leilah, and demands all her money.
XI
Surprised by Leilah's invitation to the Opéra; suspicious of her motives.
XII
Grows increasingly agitated by Leilah's behavior, throws wine at d'Arcy, and feels a sense of foreboding.
XIII
Reported dead, shot by D'Arcy in the garden; his death frees Leilah.

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