# Lieutenant Gernois — The Return of Tarzan character guide

> Lieutenant Gernois in The Return of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Gernois

**First appearance:** 0000-i-the-affair-on-the-liner

## Who they are

A French officer who duels with Tarzan over a misunderstanding.

## Relationships

### [Tarzan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_return_of_tarzan_se/characters/tarzan)

_rivalry_

Lieutenant Gernois is a jealous rival who resents Tarzan's success and attention from women, leading to open hostility.

### [Tarzan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_return_of_tarzan_se/characters/tarzan)

_rivalry_

Lieutenant Gernois is a jealous rival who resents Tarzan's success and attention from women, leading to open hostility.

### [Tarzan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_return_of_tarzan_se/characters/tarzan)

_rivalry_

Lieutenant Gernois is a jealous rival who resents Tarzan's success and attention from women, leading to open hostility.

## In the story

### [VII: The Dancing Girl of Sidi Aissa](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_return_of_tarzan_se/chapters/vii-the-dancing-girl-of-sidi-aissa)

The French officer under suspicion of treason; Tarzan observes him meeting a mysterious stranger at Bouira and Sidi Aissa.

### [VIII: The Fight in the Desert](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_return_of_tarzan_se/chapters/viii-the-fight-in-the-desert)

Seen at breakfast in Bou Saada; an Arab whispers to him, revealing a sling on his left arm.

### [IX: Numa El Adrea](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_return_of_tarzan_se/chapters/ix-numa-el-adrea)

Travels with the column; Tarzan suspects him of conspiring with Arab assassins and of deliberately abandoning him in the mountains.

### [X: Through the Valley of the Shadow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_return_of_tarzan_se/chapters/x-through-the-valley-of-the-shadow)

Implied involvement in the ambush that led to Tarzan's capture.

### [John Caldwell, London](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_return_of_tarzan_se/chapters/xi-john-caldwell-london)

Blackmailed by Rokoff; expresses guilt over Tarzan's supposed death; threatens to kill Rokoff.

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