

Them to have survived, Sakharine sends a seaplane to find them, which the trio seize and use to The "Karaboudjan" in a lifeboat but the ship's crew tries to ram it. Tintin, Haddock, and Snowy eventually escape from Haddock is permanently drunk and thus unaware of the On board, Tintin meets Captain Haddock, the Staff and led a mutiny to take over control. He learns that Sakharine formed an alliance with the ship's Later, Tintin is abducted by accomplices of Sakharine and imprisoned on the In his wallet, but is stolen by Silk the next morning. Once Tintin returns home, Snowy shows him the scroll.Īfter reading an old message written on it, he is interrupted by the arrival ofīarnaby, but is fatally shot and killed unquestionably. He visits Sakharine inĪnd accuses him of the theft when he sees a miniature model of the "Unicorn",īut when he notices that Sakharine's model is not broken, he realizes that thereĪre two "Unicorn" models. "Unicorn" model is stolen, and his apartment ransacked. Meanwhile, detectives Thomson and Thompson are on the trail of a Tintin takes the ship home, but it is accidentally broken, resulting inĪ parchment scroll slipping out of the model and rolling under a piece ofįurniture. Ivanovitch Sakharine, who both unsuccessfully try to buy the model from Tintin buys a miniature model ofĪ ship, the Unicorn, but is then accosted by Barnaby and Ivan In an outdoor market in Brussels, Belgium.

Young journalist Tintin and his dog Snowy are browsing Rose and names it for the singer in The Castafiore Emerald.

Words that rhyme with them or of which they remind her "Haddock" is frequentlyĪs " Paddock", " Stopcock", or " Hopscotch", while Nestor, Haddock's butler, isĬonfused with "Chestor" and "Hector." Her own name means "white and chasteįlower," a meaning to which Professor Calculus refers when he breeds a white She often confuses words, especially names, with other In an exaggerated fashion and is often maternal toward Haddock, of whose dislike Miroir) from Gounod's opera, Faust, which she singsĪt the least provocation, much to Haddock's dismay. Jewel Song ( Ah! Je ris de me voir si belle en ce Unaware that her voice is shrill and appallingly loud. She is comically foolish, whimsical, absent-minded, and talkative, and seems To be popping up wherever Haddock goes, along with her maid Irma and pianist Igor Wagner.

She wasįirst introduced in King Ottokar's Sceptreand seems Near-deaf and insists he is only "a little hard of hearing in one ear."Ĭastafiore - is an opera singer whom Haddock absolutely despises. Usually in the most unlikely words possible. Calculus's deafness is aįrequent source of humour, as he repeats back what he thinks he has heard, He is a fervent believer in dowsing, and carries a pendulum for that purpose. His work or accuses him of "acting the goat". Response to actual or perceived insults, such as when Captain Haddock belittles Occasionally loses his temper and acts in a spectacularly aggressive manner in Normally mild-mannered and dignified, Calculus Eventually, by the end of Land of Black Gold, he becomes a His generous nature and his scientific ability, he develops a lasting bond with His presence is initially not welcomed by the leading characters, but through Professor Calculus - Professor Cuthbert Calculus, an absent-minded and half-deaf physicist, is a regular character alongside Tintin,
