Maurice Allard
‘A little dusky molly fellow’: cousin to Sophy and Seraphine. There is a long-standing breach between his family and Seraphine’s: the respectable Pyecrofts spurning the Allards, the quarrel exacerbated by Jacques Allard’s racist remarks about his Black brother-in-law. Allard became a violent and abusive drunkard, and the family was increasingly supported by Maurice’s involvement in the criminal underworld of Seven Dials, and his and his sister Marie’s sex-work. His mother’s cousin’s husband Tom Lacey obtained Maurice respectable work as a tailor’s apprentice, but he also got into a safer line of renting by way of the very discreet certain club for gentlemen of the disposition.
Mentions, unnamed, in Above Rubies and The Chatelaine - family members concerned to find him a respectable place in service.
Books Maurice Allard appears in:
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A Man of Independent Mind
Clorinda Cathcart's Circle
Volume 2: Alexander MacDonald, MA -
Coming to Terms
Clorinda Cathcart's Circle
Volume 12: Consequences Impend -
Domestick Disruptions
The Comfortable Courtesan
Volume 6 -
Favours Exchanged
Clorinda Cathcart's Circle
Volume 5: Ancient Secrets -
Felicities Maximized
The Comfortable Courtesan
Volume 12 -
Finding Her Place (Sophy’s Story)
The Cathcart Apocrypha
Volume 2 -
Good Practices
Clorinda Cathcart's Circle
Volume 11: Early Years - A Prequel -
Incalculable Diffusion
Clorinda Cathcart's Circle
Volume 3: Divers Friends & Acquaintances -
Invited Everywhere
The Comfortable Courtesan
Volume 11 -
Repercussions
Clorinda Cathcart's Circle
Volume 17: Deceptive Disguises -
Rescue Operations
Clorinda Cathcart's Circle
Volume 16: Changes of Life -
Revenants
Clorinda Cathcart's Circle
Volume 14: Shadows from the Past -
Romantick Stratagems
The Comfortable Courtesan
Volume 9 -
Shawls Stitched with Love
The Cathcart Apocrypha
Volume 3 -
Society Favourite
The Comfortable Courtesan
Volume 7 -
Sudden Death
The Comfortable Courtesan
Volume 8 -
Torches
Clorinda Cathcart's Circle
Volume 8: Acquaintance Old and New -
Tricks and Traps
Clorinda Cathcart's Circle
Volume: 10: Tables Turned -
Two Weddings & Several Revelations
Clorinda Cathcart's Circle
Volume 4: The Younger Generation Coming of Age -
Unhistoric Acts
Clorinda Cathcart's Circle
Volume 15: An Imperfect Social State -
Aftermath
Clorinda Cathcart's Circle
Volume 18: Tides Turning