# The Housekeeper — Don Quixote character guide

> The Housekeeper in Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0012-part-i-vi

## Who they are

Don Quixote's housekeeper who worries about his madness.

## In the story

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-i-v)

Laments Don Quixote's madness, blaming the books of chivalry and urging their destruction.

### [Of the diverting and important scrutiny which the curate and the barber made in the library of our ingenious gentleman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-i-vi)

Brings holy water and enthusiastically helps dispose of the books by throwing them into the yard.

### [Of the second sally of our worthy knight Don Quixote of La Mancha](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-i-vii)

Burns all the books in the yard and house; later tells Don Quixote that a magician named Muñatón (corrected to Fristón) took the books.

### [LII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-i-lii)

Helps undress and put Don Quixote to bed, and joins the niece in maledictions against books of chivalry.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-ii-i)

Present during the visit, grateful for Don Quixote's apparent recovery.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-ii-ii)

Joins the niece in blocking Sancho and insults him.

### [Of what took place between Don Quixote and his niece and housekeeper; one of the most important chapters in the whole history.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-ii-vi)

Pleads with Don Quixote to stay home and threatens to complain to God and the king; later hides from Sancho.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-ii-vii)

Fears Don Quixote's madness and seeks Samson's help to prevent the third sally.

### [Of the prodigious and unparalleled battle that took place between Don Quixote of La Mancha and the Lackey Tosilos in defence of the daughter of Doña Rodriguez](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-ii-lvi)

Not directly present in the excerpts, but the duennas (Doña Rodriguez and her daughter) are central.

### [LXXIV: Of how Don Quixote fell sick, and of the will he made, and how he died](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-ii-lxxiv)

Weeps and is left twenty ducats and a gown in the will.

## Links

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