# Paulette — Cup of Gold character guide

> Paulette in Cup of Gold by John Steinbeck.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** sweet Paulette

**First appearance:** 0002-ii

## Who they are

A French tavern girl who becomes involved with Henry Morgan.

## Relationships

### [Henry Morgan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cup_of_gold_se/characters/henry_morgan)

_romantic_

Paulette is a prostitute in Port Royal who becomes Henry's mistress, offering him physical comfort but no emotional fulfillment.

### [Henry Morgan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cup_of_gold_se/characters/henry_morgan)

_romantic_

Paulette is a prostitute in Port Royal who becomes Henry's mistress, offering him physical comfort but no emotional fulfillment.

### [Henry Morgan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cup_of_gold_se/characters/henry_morgan)

_romantic_

Paulette is a prostitute in Port Royal who becomes Henry's mistress, offering him physical comfort but no emotional fulfillment.

## In the story

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cup_of_gold_se/chapters/v)

A slave woman of mixed heritage bought by Henry; she falls in love with him and uses desperate measures to keep him, but Henry reveals he cannot love her as he loved Elizabeth.

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cup_of_gold_se/chapters/vi)

Paulette is the young servant girl Henry has protected; he asks James Flower to ensure she is never sent to the fields or mistreated.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cup_of_gold_se/chapters/iii)

Coeur de Gris's mother, a free woman in Goaves who worries about his soul and his attraction to the Red Saint.

## Links

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