 André is secretly in love with Oscar, but he never tells her until both of them decide to help the insurgents when the French Revolution begins.Oscar initially refuses his extreme advances, but later realizes she does not want to marry any other men for fear of hurting him, before realizing she also loves him back, but did not understand the nature of her love at first.Later in the series, André loses sight in his left eye to save Oscar who had been captured by the Black Knight; his condition slowly worsens until he is completely blind.