Abbé Scarron

Also known as: Monsieur Scarron / little Scarron / the abbé · Role: abbé · First appears: Chapter 20

In chapter 20, Athos planned to visit Abbé Scarron with a letter of introduction, expecting to meet friends there, and Marie Michon said she would go there as well for a few minutes. In chapter 21, Scarron became crippled after escaping a hostile carnival crowd by plunging into an icy river: “Scarron was heated, the cold seized on him, and when he reached the farther bank he found himself crippled.”

Anne of Austria then granted him the title of the queen’s invalid and a pension of fifteen hundred francs. Scarron continued receiving Monsieur de Gondy despite opposition, and Mazarin stopped the pension, while Scarron also continued receiving Monsieur Gilles Despreaux, who thought ill of him. Aramis introduced Athos to him, and Scarron called for Champenois to roll him to bed.

Scarron admired Frances d’Aubigné, calling her charming; after their conversation, she looked back at him with interest while he watched her “with eyes of love.”

Relationship record

Life events

• Scarron became crippled after escaping a hostile crowd by plunging into an icy river.(Chapter21)
  • “Scarron was heated, the cold seized on him, and when he reached the farther bank he found himself crippled.”
• Anne of Austria granted Scarron the title of the queen’s invalid and a pension.(Chapter21)
  • With: Anne of Austria
  • “So he was called the queen’s invalid, with a pension of fifteen hundred francs.”
• Cardinal Mazarin stopped Scarron’s pension after he continued receiving Monsieur de Gondy.(Chapter21 · 📍 pension-office)
  • With: Mazarin
  • “the government had no more money to give Monsieur Scarron.”

Chapter 20

• with Athos (interaction) “We intend to visit the Abbé Scarron, for whom I have a letter of introduction and at whose house I expect to meet some of my friends.”
• with Marie Michon (Marie Michon intends to visit Abbé Scarron’s house.) “’Tis well; I will go there also, for a few minutes”

Chapter 21

• patron: Anne of Austria “So he was called the queen’s invalid, with a pension of fifteen hundred francs.”
• with Mazarin (withheld Scarron's pension) “The cardinal’s refusal to pay the pension was known about the town in half an hour and he was abused with wit and vehemence.”
• admired: Frances d’Aubigné “Really, that Demoiselle d’Aubigné is very charming!”
• with Monsieur de Gondy (Scarron continued receiving Gondy despite Mazarin's opposition) “The conversation had rested there and Scarron, through sheer obstinacy, had seen Monsieur de Gondy only the more frequently.”
• with Champenois (Champenois assists Scarron) “Ho, there, Champenois! here, it is eleven o’clock. Come and roll me to bed.”
• enemies with Mazarin “Oh, no, not at all, vicomte,” Athos replied; “he is simply a gentleman of great genius who has fallen into disgrace with the cardinal through having written certain verses against him.”
• enemies with Monsieur Gilles Despreaux “I continue to receive Monsieur Gilles Despreaux, who thinks ill of me, and you wish me to give up seeing the coadjutor, because he thinks ill of another man.”
• with Aramis (interaction) “On perceiving Athos, Aramis advanced toward him, took him by the hand and presented him to Scarron.”
• courtship with Frances d’Aubigné “They parted, laughing, she turning back to gaze at the poor paralytic man with interest, he looking after her with eyes of love.”
• servant: Champenois “Ho, there, Champenois! here, it is eleven o’clock. Come and roll me to bed.”

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Extracted from the original text of Twenty Years After. Made with Rho MD.