# Vicomte de Tournay — The Scarlet Pimpernel character guide

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

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the Vicomte, de Tournay, the young Vicomte

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

## Who they are

The young son of the Comtesse de Tournay, also rescued.

## Relationships

### [Sir Percy Blakeney](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_scarlet_pimpernel_se/characters/sir_percy_blakeney)

_friendship_

Percy rescues the young Vicomte from the guillotine, and the boy becomes grateful and loyal to him.

### [Sir Percy Blakeney](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_scarlet_pimpernel_se/characters/sir_percy_blakeney)

_friendship_

Percy rescues the young Vicomte from the guillotine, and the boy becomes grateful and loyal to him.

## In the story

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

A beardless youth more interested in English pleasures than the horrors of the Revolution, he ogles Sally.

### [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 son, he toasts the English king and laments French treachery.

### [An Exquisite of ’92](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_scarlet_pimpernel_se/chapters/vi-an-exquisite-of-92)

A young French émigré who challenges Sir Percy to a duel after his mother insults Marguerite; he is proud, hot-tempered, and speaks broken English.

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

Expresses gratitude to the Scarlet Pimpernel before the Prince, prompting a warning to be discreet.

### [XXIX: Trapped](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_scarlet_pimpernel_se/chapters/xxix-trapped)

One of the fugitives waiting in the hut, threatened with execution.

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