French Court — Minor Figures

24 figures from Ten Years Later who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.

Chatillon

court beauty · first appears Chapter 30

Chapter 30 · with De Guiche “that he had been assiduously attentive to Mademoiselle de Chatillon”
Chapter 30 · admirer: De Guiche “that he had been assiduously attentive to Mademoiselle de Chatillon”

prince · first appears Chapter 14

Chapter 14 · friends with De Guiche “You are a friend of De Guiche, who is one of the friends of the prince.”
Chapter 14 · admired: Mademoiselle de Tonnay-Charente “The prince paid his compliments to Mademoiselle de Tonnay-Charente”

servant · first appears Chapter 16

minister · first appears Chapter 61

Chapter 61 · with Louis XIV “He returned to the chateau, and as the promenade was fixed for midday, and it was at present just ten o’clock, he set to work desperately with Colbert and Lyonne.”

nobleman · first appears Chapter 22

Chapter 22 · with Louis XIV “Monsieur Manicamp, with a thoughtless and absent air--for M. Manicamp was the honestest man in the world, appropriated twenty thousand francs, which were littering the table”

courtier · first appears Chapter 37

Chapter 37 · with Louis XIV “‘Take care, sire,’ said Madame, hurriedly, ‘Monsieur de Saint-Aignan is looking at you.’ ‘Of course,’ said Louis, angrily; ‘never even the shadow of liberty! never any sincerity in my intercourse with any one! I imagine I have found a friend, who is nothing but a spy; a dearer friend, who is only a--sister!’”

prince · first appears Chapter 43

Chapter 43 · siblings with Louis XIV “That my brother has suddenly fallen in love.”
Chapter 43 · married with Madame “Madame stopped suddenly, and by a hasty movement let go her husband’s hand.”

queen · first appears Chapter 62

Chapter 62 · married with Louis XIV “Your majesty belongs not to yourself alone: you are married; and every sentiment which would separate your majesty from the queen, in leading you to take notice of me, will be a source of profoundest sorrow for the queen.”
Chapter 62 · rivals with La Vallière “The Queen Maria, with an attachment which can be well understood, follows with her eyes every step of your majesty which separates you from her. Happy enough in having had her fate united to your own, she weepingly implores Heaven to preserve you to her, and is jealous of the faintest throb of your heart bestowed elsewhere.”