Baisemeaux
Also known as: M. Baisemeaux / M. de Baisemeaux / Monsieur de Baisemeaux · Family: French court · Role: governor of the Bastille · First appears: Chapter 22
Life events
- Fouquet learns that Aramis purchased Baisemeaux’s governorship from Louviere and Tremblay.(Chapter22 · 📍 the Bastile)
- Baisemeaux authorizes an unauthorized tour, and Aramis agrees to accompany him into the prison towers.(Chapter24 · 📍 Bastile)
- With: Aramis
- “‘Well, let us set off, then,’ said the governor, a little bewildered, partly from the wine he had drunk, and partly from Aramis’s praises.”
- Baisemeaux reveals that the mysterious prisoner is destined to remain imprisoned forever.(Chapter24 · 📍 Bastile)
- “‘This unhappy man,’ said M. Mazarin, ‘is destined to remain in prison forever.’”
- Aramis enters the prison complex with Baisemeaux and proceeds toward the Bertaudiere tower.(Chapter24 · 📍 Bastile)
- With: Aramis
- “Baisemeaux led the way down several steps which conducted to a sort of esplanade; thence they arrived at the drawbridge”
- Aramis warns Baisemeaux against spreading Seldon’s alleged resemblance to Louis XIV.(Chapter25)
- Aramis destroys Baisemeaux’s receipts and receives a 150,000-franc acknowledgment payable when required.(Chapter25)
- With: Aramis
- “‘Which I now destroy,’ said Aramis; and after having shown the two receipts to Baisemeaux, he destroyed them. Overcome by so great a mark of confidence, Baisemeaux unhesitatingly wrote out an acknowledgement of a debt of one hundred and fifty thousand francs, payable at the pleasure of the prelate.”
Chapter 22
- with Aramis (Aramis identifies Baisemeaux as an accomplice in the planned intrigue.) “‘And Baisemeaux an accomplice in it?’ ‘Why not?--there are worse accomplices than he.’”
- patron: Aramis (Aramis says that he and Fouquet purchased Baisemeaux’s appointment.) “On account of the appointment which he, or rather we, purchased from Louviere and Tremblay.”
- patron: Fouquet (Fouquet and Aramis jointly purchased Baisemeaux’s appointment.) “On account of the appointment which he, or rather we, purchased from Louviere and Tremblay.”
- with Louviere (The appointment was purchased from Louviere.) “the appointment which he, or rather we, purchased from Louviere and Tremblay.”
- with Tremblay (The appointment was purchased from Tremblay.) “the appointment which he, or rather we, purchased from Louviere and Tremblay.”
Chapter 24
- with Aramis (They are sharing breakfast and drinking wine together.) “And Aramis and the governor nodded to each other, as they drank their wine.”
Chapter 25
- prisoner: Seldon (Baisemeaux is the governor holding Seldon as a prisoner.) “Now,” said Aramis, “you will not be angry with me if I were to carry off one of your prisoners?” “What do you mean?” “By obtaining his pardon, of course. Have I not already told you that I took a great interest in poor Seldon?”
- with Louis XIV (Louis XIV is Baisemeaux's sovereign.) “The king, Louis XIV.--you understand--would be excessively angry with you, if he were to learn that you contributed in any way to spread the report that one of his subjects has the effrontery to resemble him.”
- with Aramis (Baisemeaux acknowledges a debt to Aramis.) “Overcome by so great a mark of confidence, Baisemeaux unhesitatingly wrote out an acknowledgement of a debt of one hundred and fifty thousand francs, payable at the pleasure of the prelate. Aramis, who had, by glancing over the governor’s shoulder, followed the pen as he wrote, put the acknowledgement into his pocket without seeming to have read it, which made Baisemeaux perfectly easy.”
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Extracted from the original text of Ten Years Later. Made with Rho MD.