# Hipolyte Flavelle — The Mystery of the Blue Train character guide

> Hipolyte Flavelle in The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Hipolyte, Presently Hipolyte

**First appearance:** 0016-xv-the-comte-de-la-roche

## Who they are

A young man connected to the Comte de la Roche's circle.

## In the story

### [An Unexpected Visitor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_the_blue_train_se/chapters/xix-an-unexpected-visitor)

Hipolyte is the Comte's manservant. He is instructed to lie about the Comte's arrival date and later reports being summoned to Nice under false pretenses, allowing the police to search the villa.

### [A Letter from Home](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_the_blue_train_se/chapters/xxix-a-letter-from-home)

Servant at the Villa Marina; admits under pressure that the Comte arrived on Wednesday, not Tuesday.

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