# Suzanne de Tournay — The Scarlet Pimpernel character guide

> Suzanne de Tournay in The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Suzanne, little Suzanne, Mademoiselle Suzanne

**First appearance:** 0004-iii-the-refugees

## Snapshot

A blushing young French noblewoman, newly engaged to Sir Andrew Ffoulkes, whose joyful chatter about her rescued father unknowingly tightens a noose around the Scarlet Pimpernel.

## Who they are

Suzanne moves through English drawing-rooms as a radiant refugee bride-to-be, her happiness shadowed only by her father's captivity in revolutionary France. Her innocent prattling about the Pimpernel's mission lands on Marguerite like a death sentence, making her the unwitting instrument of the story's central crisis. She matters because her love story and her father's peril are the human stakes that force Marguerite to confront what her own betrayal may cost.

## Relationships

### [Marguerite Blakeney](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_scarlet_pimpernel_se/characters/marguerite_blakeney)

_friendship_

Suzanne is a young French aristocrat rescued by the League, and she becomes a close friend and ally to Marguerite.

### [Marguerite Blakeney](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_scarlet_pimpernel_se/characters/marguerite_blakeney)

_friendship_

Suzanne is a young French aristocrat rescued by the League, and she becomes a close friend and ally to Marguerite.

### [Marguerite Blakeney](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_scarlet_pimpernel_se/characters/marguerite_blakeney)

_friendship_

Suzanne is a young French aristocrat rescued by the League, and she becomes a close friend and ally to Marguerite.

## In the story

### [The Refugees](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_scarlet_pimpernel_se/chapters/iii-the-refugees)

Young and innocent, she is shyly attracted to Sir Andrew Ffoulkes and is called to order by her mother.

### [The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_scarlet_pimpernel_se/chapters/iv-the-league-of-the-scarlet-pimpernel)

The Comtesse's daughter, she defends Marguerite as a former schoolfriend.

### [V: Marguerite](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_scarlet_pimpernel_se/chapters/v-marguerite)

Defies her mother to kiss Marguerite goodbye, showing sympathy.

### [Lord Grenville's Ball](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_scarlet_pimpernel_se/chapters/xi-lord-grenville-s-ball)

Presented to the Prince as a charming young lady.

### [XII: The Scrap of Paper](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_scarlet_pimpernel_se/chapters/xii-the-scrap-of-paper)

Seen in earnest conversation with Sir Andrew; her family's rescue is part of the League's plan.

### [XVIII: The Mysterious Device](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_scarlet_pimpernel_se/chapters/xviii-the-mysterious-device)

Expected to visit Marguerite for the day, but has not yet arrived.

### [XIX: The Scarlet Pimpernel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_scarlet_pimpernel_se/chapters/xix-the-scarlet-pimpernel)

Visits Marguerite, prattles about her love for Sir Andrew Ffoulkes, and inadvertently reveals that the Scarlet Pimpernel has gone to France.

## Links

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- All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_scarlet_pimpernel_se/characters