# George de Croisenois — The Slaves of Paris character guide

> George de Croisenois in The Slaves of Paris by Émile Gaboriau.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** George, Croisenois, de Croisenois

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

## Snapshot

A fashionable young marquis with haunted eyes, gambling debts, and a taste for debauchery that has aged him well beyond his years.

## Who they are

Croisenois strides out of Verminet's office all elegance and cigar smoke, but his half-concealed look of terror betrays a man expecting a blow to fall at any moment. He owes money, he owes favors, and he has agreed to let Mascarin's people arrange him a rich wife. His haggard face is the visible bill for a life lived on credit, and his entanglements pull him deeper into the association's grip.

## Relationships

### [Louis Norbert de Champdoce](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_slaves_of_paris_se/characters/louis_norbert_de_champdoce)

_friendship_

George is a loyal friend to Louis Norbert, though he becomes entangled in Louis's disastrous affairs.

### [Louis Norbert de Champdoce](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_slaves_of_paris_se/characters/louis_norbert_de_champdoce)

_friendship_

George is a loyal friend to Louis Norbert, though he becomes entangled in Louis's disastrous affairs.

### [Louis Norbert de Champdoce](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_slaves_of_paris_se/characters/louis_norbert_de_champdoce)

_friendship_

George is a loyal friend to Louis Norbert, though he becomes entangled in Louis's disastrous affairs.

## In the story

### [VI: A Medical Advisor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_slaves_of_paris_se/chapters/vi-a-medical-advisor)

Mentioned as the brother of Henry de Croisenois, the suitor favored by the blackmailers.

### [An Artful Trick](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_slaves_of_paris_se/chapters/xxiv-an-artful-trick)

The Marquis de Croisenois pays the Viscountess's tailor bill in a staged scene, then asks for an introduction to Sabine de Mussidan; suspected of being the extortionist controlling the Mussidans.

### [IX: The Honor of the Name](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_slaves_of_paris_se/chapters/ix-the-honor-of-the-name)

Marie's secret suitor; his letters are discovered and confiscated by her father, who dismisses him as a fortune hunter.

### [XII: “Rash Word, Rash Deed”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_slaves_of_paris_se/chapters/xii-rash-word-rash-deed)

Mentioned as Marie's former love, whose knowledge Diana intends to weaponize against Norbert.

### [A Scheme of Vengeance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_slaves_of_paris_se/chapters/xiii-a-scheme-of-vengeance)

Marie's former love, whom she thinks of wistfully.

### [False Friend, Old Lover](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_slaves_of_paris_se/chapters/xiv-false-friend-old-lover)

Marie's former lover, who is brought back into her life through Diana's machinations; he is described as talented, witty, and honorable.

### [XVI: Husband and Lover](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_slaves_of_paris_se/chapters/xvi-husband-and-lover)

Arrives for secret meeting; accepts Norbert's duel conditions; shows courage.

### [Blade to Blade](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_slaves_of_paris_se/chapters/xvii-blade-to-blade)

George is killed in the duel after swearing the Duchess is innocent; his body is buried in the garden.

### [XVIII: The Heir of Champdoce](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_slaves_of_paris_se/chapters/xviii-the-heir-of-champdoce)

Deceased; his death and secret relationship with Marie haunt Norbert.

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