Marquis de Carnavant

A nobleman of the Saint-Marc quarter. It was rumoured that he was very familiar with the mother of Félicité Puech and throughout the book there is always a question of whether or not he is the father of Félicité. He used to visit Pierre and Félicité and was a member of the yellow drawing room circle.
As a younger man he had squandered his fortune on women and at the time of the novel lived with his relative the Count de Valqueyras.