# Flavia Rigal — The Slaves of Paris character guide

> Flavia Rigal in The Slaves of Paris by Émile Gaboriau.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Flavia, Mademoiselle Flavia, Mademoiselle Rigal, the beautiful Flavia

**First appearance:** 0000-part-i-caught-in-the-net

## Snapshot

A banker's beautiful, headstrong daughter who falls violently in love with a penniless composer and demands her doting father deliver him as her husband.

## Who they are

Flavia confesses her passion to Martin Rigal with a candor that scandalizes and disarms him, insisting she cannot sleep and that liquid fire runs through her veins. Her father, who has indulged her every whim, watches her with dread, fearing the man she loves will exploit her. Her feverish willfulness turns the household into a pressure point in the criminal network's plans.

## In the story

### [The Man-Milliner](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_slaves_of_paris_se/chapters/xi-the-man-milliner)

Mentioned as a new customer of Van Klopen; Mascarin instructs the tailor to give her credit freely.

### [Father and Daughter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_slaves_of_paris_se/chapters/xiv-father-and-daughter)

The banker's daughter, deeply in love with Paul Violaine since their meeting at Van Klopen's. She confesses her feelings to her father and agrees to act reserved at dinner to test Paul's intentions.

### [The Tempter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_slaves_of_paris_se/chapters/xxviii-the-tempter)

Mentioned as Paul's lover who visits him secretly while her father is occupied.

### [The Tafila Copper Mines, Limited](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_slaves_of_paris_se/chapters/xxix-the-tafila-copper-mines-limited)

Defends her presence at Paul's bedside, but agrees to leave after Hortebise's warning; a sudden suspicion arises in her mind.

### [The Day of Reckoning](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_slaves_of_paris_se/chapters/xxxiv-the-day-of-reckoning)

Flavia joyfully marries Paul, unaware of the conspiracy, and remains cheerful and affectionate with her father throughout the chapter.

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