Other Figures — Minor Figures
26 figures from Ten Years Later who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.
Marechal de Gramont
marechal · first appears Chapter 13
- Chapter 13 · child: De Guiche “while the Marechal de Gramont had only allowed his son sixty thousand francs.”
Marshal de Gramont
marshal and father of De Guiche · first appears Chapter 34
- Chapter 34 · child: De Guiche “the son of the Marshal de Gramont”
Phyllis
poetic figure · first appears Chapter 48
- Chapter 48 · admirer: De Guiche “Of singing the praises of Phyllis.”
De Conde
military commander · first appears Chapter 38
- Chapter 38 · cousins with Louis XIV “great military men--my cousin De Conde for instance--grow pale in meditation upon their strategical plans, before they move one of the pawns, which people call armies”
Gaston of Orleans
duke · first appears Chapter 1
- Chapter 1 · younger kin: Louis XIV “My uncle, Gaston of Orleans, perhaps.”
Herrebia
Spanish cardinal · first appears Chapter 53
- Chapter 53 · with Louis XIV “I have in my possession, already prepared, the plan of policy agreed upon by Louis XIV. for this occasion.”
Mademoiselle de Vallière
maid of honor · first appears Chapter 38
- Chapter 38 · admirer: Louis XIV “It is perfectly well understood, that this evening, during the promenade, I am to make my escape into the forest, and find La Vallière without you.”
- Chapter 38 · employer: Madame “Still she is one of my maids of honor.”
Dr. Dawley
physician · first appears Chapter 38
- Chapter 38 · with Madame “By the by, I remember an aphorism upon this subject, of poor Dr. Dawley, a clever and amusing man, who, had it not been for my brother, who could not do without him, I should have with me now.”
Marquis de la Vallière
marquis · first appears Chapter 18
- Chapter 18 · child: Mademoiselle de la Baume le Blanc de la Vallière “Yes, sire, it is his daughter.”
- Chapter 47 · child: La Vallière “the daughter of the Marquis de la Vallière”