The Scarlet Pimpernel

by

Baroness Orczy

Sir Andrew Ffoulkes Character Analysis

A member of the League of the Scarlet Pimpernel and a baronet of the British monarchy. Like the other Englishmen in The Scarlet Pimpernel, especially those of noble birth, Orczy portrays Sir Andrew as the epitome of British integrity and bravery. He helps the Scarlet Pimpernel save aristocrats from the Reign of Terror at great personal risk, and he expects no glory or appreciation in return. He is humble and kind and is proof of what Orczy considers to be the inherent goodness of the aristocracy and the superiority of the British in general. He is attacked along with Lord Anthony by Chauvelin and his men at “The Fisherman’s Rest,” at which time Chauvelin finds Armand St. Just’s “damning letter” that identifies St. Just as a supporter of the Scarlet Pimpernel and a traitor to France. Sir Andrew is unflinchingly loyal to the Scarlet Pimpernel, and he immediately agrees to help Lady Blakeney after she is forced by Chauvelin to betray the Scarlet Pimpernel. Sir Andrew escorts Lady Blakeney to Calais to warn the Scarlet Pimpernel when Chauvelin discovers his real identity as Sir Percy, and he follows his leader’s orders without question. At the end of the novel, Sir Andrew marries Suzanne de Tournay, a French aristocrat he helped escape the Reign of Terror, in a “brilliant” ceremony attended by the Prince of Wales.

Sir Andrew Ffoulkes Quotes in The Scarlet Pimpernel

The The Scarlet Pimpernel quotes below are all either spoken by Sir Andrew Ffoulkes or refer to Sir Andrew Ffoulkes. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 4 Quotes

Lord Antony and Sir Andrew had said nothing to interrupt the Comtesse whilst she was speaking. There was no doubt that they felt deeply for her; their very silence testified to that—but in every century, and ever since England has been what it is, an Englishman has always felt somewhat ashamed of his own emotion and of his own sympathy. And so the two young men said nothing, and busied themselves in trying to hide their feelings, only succeeding in looking immeasurably sheepish.

Related Characters: Sir Andrew Ffoulkes, Lord Anthony Dewhurst, The Comtesse de Tournay
Page Number: 30
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Chapter 5 Quotes

She went up effusively to them both, with not a single touch of embarrassment in her manner or in her smile. Lord Tony and Sir Andrew watched the little scene with eager apprehension. English though they were, they had often been in France, and had mixed sufficiently with the French to realise the unbending hauteur, the bitter hatred with which the old noblesse of France viewed all those who had helped to contribute to their downfall. Armand St. Just, the brother of beautiful Lady Blakeney—though known to hold moderate and conciliatory views—was an ardent republican; his feud with the ancient family of St. Cyr—the rights and wrongs of which no outsider ever knew—had culminated in the downfall, the almost total extinction, of the latter.

Related Characters: Marguerite St. Just / Lady Blakeney, Armand St. Just, Sir Andrew Ffoulkes, The Marquis de St. Cyr, Lord Anthony Dewhurst, The Comtesse de Tournay, Suzanne de Tournay
Page Number: 38-9
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Chapter 25 Quotes

She looked through the tattered curtain, across at the handsome face of her husband, in whose lazy blue eyes, and behind whose inane smile, she could now so plainly see the strength, energy, and resourcefulness which had caused the Scarlet Pimpernel to be reverenced and trusted by his followers. "There are nineteen of us is ready to lay down our lives for your husband, Lady Blakeney,” Sir Andrew had said to her; and as she looked at the forehead, low, but square and broad, the eyes, blue, yet deep-set and intense, the whole aspect of the man, of indomitable energy, hiding, behind a perfectly acted comedy, his almost superhuman strength of will and marvelous ingenuity, she understood the fascination which he exercised over his followers, for had he not also cast his spells over her heart and her imagination?

Related Characters: The Scarlet Pimpernel / Sir Percy Blakeney, Bart. / The Hag / The Jew, Marguerite St. Just / Lady Blakeney, Chauvelin, Sir Andrew Ffoulkes
Page Number: 209
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Sir Andrew Ffoulkes Quotes in The Scarlet Pimpernel

The The Scarlet Pimpernel quotes below are all either spoken by Sir Andrew Ffoulkes or refer to Sir Andrew Ffoulkes. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 4 Quotes

Lord Antony and Sir Andrew had said nothing to interrupt the Comtesse whilst she was speaking. There was no doubt that they felt deeply for her; their very silence testified to that—but in every century, and ever since England has been what it is, an Englishman has always felt somewhat ashamed of his own emotion and of his own sympathy. And so the two young men said nothing, and busied themselves in trying to hide their feelings, only succeeding in looking immeasurably sheepish.

Related Characters: Sir Andrew Ffoulkes, Lord Anthony Dewhurst, The Comtesse de Tournay
Page Number: 30
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 5 Quotes

She went up effusively to them both, with not a single touch of embarrassment in her manner or in her smile. Lord Tony and Sir Andrew watched the little scene with eager apprehension. English though they were, they had often been in France, and had mixed sufficiently with the French to realise the unbending hauteur, the bitter hatred with which the old noblesse of France viewed all those who had helped to contribute to their downfall. Armand St. Just, the brother of beautiful Lady Blakeney—though known to hold moderate and conciliatory views—was an ardent republican; his feud with the ancient family of St. Cyr—the rights and wrongs of which no outsider ever knew—had culminated in the downfall, the almost total extinction, of the latter.

Related Characters: Marguerite St. Just / Lady Blakeney, Armand St. Just, Sir Andrew Ffoulkes, The Marquis de St. Cyr, Lord Anthony Dewhurst, The Comtesse de Tournay, Suzanne de Tournay
Page Number: 38-9
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Chapter 25 Quotes

She looked through the tattered curtain, across at the handsome face of her husband, in whose lazy blue eyes, and behind whose inane smile, she could now so plainly see the strength, energy, and resourcefulness which had caused the Scarlet Pimpernel to be reverenced and trusted by his followers. "There are nineteen of us is ready to lay down our lives for your husband, Lady Blakeney,” Sir Andrew had said to her; and as she looked at the forehead, low, but square and broad, the eyes, blue, yet deep-set and intense, the whole aspect of the man, of indomitable energy, hiding, behind a perfectly acted comedy, his almost superhuman strength of will and marvelous ingenuity, she understood the fascination which he exercised over his followers, for had he not also cast his spells over her heart and her imagination?

Related Characters: The Scarlet Pimpernel / Sir Percy Blakeney, Bart. / The Hag / The Jew, Marguerite St. Just / Lady Blakeney, Chauvelin, Sir Andrew Ffoulkes
Page Number: 209
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