# Bernouin — Twenty Years After character guide

> Bernouin in Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Monsieur Bernouin

**First appearance:** 0004-v-the-gascon-and-the-italian

## Who they are

Mazarin's valet and trusted servant.

## In the story

### [The Ghost of Cardinal Richelieu](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twenty_years_after_se/chapters/i-the-ghost-of-cardinal-richelieu)

Mazarin's valet, who assists him with his disguise and lights the way downstairs.

### [Anne of Austria at the Age of Forty-Six](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twenty_years_after_se/chapters/iv-anne-of-austria-at-the-age-of-forty-six)

Mazarin's valet, lights the way through the secret corridor and is entrusted with the queen's secrets.

### [The Gascon and the Italian](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twenty_years_after_se/chapters/v-the-gascon-and-the-italian)

The cardinal's valet, who stands at the door and is called to undress Mazarin after the interview.

### [Cromwell's Letter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twenty_years_after_se/chapters/xxxvii-cromwell-s-letter)

Mazarin's servant; announces Queen Henrietta's arrival and escorts Mordaunt out discreetly.

### [Henrietta Maria and Mazarin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twenty_years_after_se/chapters/xxxviii-henrietta-maria-and-mazarin)

Summoned by Mazarin to inquire about the young man in black.

### [The Interview](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twenty_years_after_se/chapters/l-the-interview)

Mazarin's valet; introduces d'Artagnan into the cardinal's presence.

### [The Carriage of Monsieur le Coadjuteur](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twenty_years_after_se/chapters/lii-the-carriage-of-monsieur-le-coadjuteur)

Mazarin's servant who assists d'Artagnan by securing the coachman and leading him to the queen.

### [LXXXVIII: Shows How with Threat and Pen More Is Effected Than by the Sword](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twenty_years_after_se/chapters/lxxxviii-shows-how-with-threat-and-pen-more-is-effected-than-by-the-sword)

Mazarin's valet who discovers the cardinal's disappearance and alerts the queen; later greets D'Artagnan at Saint Germain.

## Links

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