The Return of Tarzan · Character

Monsieur Thuran

A charming Frenchman aboard ship whose solicitous concern for a missing passenger conceals motives no one has yet guessed.

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Also known as Thuran

First appearance: i the affair on the liner

As a supporting figure in The Return of Tarzan, Monsieur Thuran is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

Implied as the man who offered money for Tarzan's slaying and broke his wrist.

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Thuran is all affability and easy conversation, the sort of man Miss Strong finds delightful and Tarzan finds unremarkable. When Mr. Caldwell vanishes from the Lady Alice, Thuran is the first to offer reasonable explanations and the last to seem troubled. His pleasant surface and convenient timing mark him as something other than what he appears, and his presence turns a quiet voyage into a trap.

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VIII: The Fight in the Desert
Implied as the man who offered money for Tarzan's slaying and broke his wrist.
The Wreck of the Lady Alice
In good spirits after Tarzan's disappearance; ingratiates himself with Hazel Strong; follows her to Cape Town and proposes.
XVIII: The Lottery of Death
Proposes the lottery of death, manipulates the drawing using his card-sharp skills to avoid the fatal coin. He insists on drawing first and orchestrates the grim plan.
The Castaways
Reveals his selfish, cowardly, and lustful nature; slanders Tarzan to Jane and faints during the lion attack.
XXIV: How Tarzan Came Again to Opar
Recovers from fever, refuses water to the dying Clayton, steals his spear, and later lies to Tennington's camp about the deaths of the others.
XXV: Through the Forest Primeval
Mentioned as having abandoned Clayton and attempted to kill Tarzan by pushing him overboard.

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See Monsieur Thuran in VIII: The Fight in the Desert