# Basque — Les Misérables character guide

> Basque in Les Misérables by Victor Hugo.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** V Basque, honest Basque

**First appearance:** 0032-book-iii-in-the-year-1817

## Who they are

The Gillenormand family's loyal valet.

## In the story

### [Basque and Nicolette](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/v-basque-and-nicolette)

M. Gillenormand's last valet, a big, foundered, short-winded fellow of fifty-five born at Bayonne, renamed Basque.

### [Basque and Nicolette](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/v-basque-and-nicolette)

M. Gillenormand's last valet, born in Bayonne, renamed Basque by his master.

### [VII: The Old Heart and the Young Heart in the Presence of Each Other](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/vii-the-old-heart-and-the-young-heart-in-the-presence-of-each-other)

The servant who opens the door and is called by Gillenormand during the confrontation.

### [The Grandfather](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/xii-the-grandfather)

Helps carry Marius and tears up linen for bandages.

### [The Grandfather](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/xii-the-grandfather)

Assists in carrying Marius and preparing bandages.

### [II: Marius, Emerging from Civil War, Makes Ready for Domestic War](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/ii-marius-emerging-from-civil-war-makes-ready-for-domestic-war)

Observes M. Gillenormand praying after the doctor announces Marius is out of danger.

### [Marius Attacked](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/iii-marius-attacked)

The servant who is blacking boots in the anteroom when Gillenormand confronts him about André Chénier.

### [II: Marius, Emerging from Civil War, Makes Ready for Domestic War](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/ii-marius-emerging-from-civil-war-makes-ready-for-domestic-war)

Watches M. Gillenormand through a half-open door and sees him praying.

### [Marius Attacked](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/iii-marius-attacked)

The servant who is blacking boots in the anteroom when M. Gillenormand bursts out and shouts about André Chénier.

### [The Inseparable](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/iii-the-inseparable)

Seen arranging roses and dressed in formal attire at the wedding.

### [The Inseparable](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/iii-the-inseparable)

Dressed in black, arranging roses around the dishes; Valjean charges him to explain his absence.

### [I: The Lower Chamber](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/i-the-lower-chamber)

The servant who receives Valjean at the gate and escorts him to the waiting-room.

### [II: Another Step Backwards](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/ii-another-step-backwards)

Helps tidy the lower room by removing bottles.

### [III: They Recall the Garden of the Rue Plumet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/iii-they-recall-the-garden-of-the-rue-plumet)

Servant who announces dinner and reports to Valjean about Cosette's absence.

### [I: The Lower Chamber](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/i-the-lower-chamber)

The servant who receives Valjean at the gate and shows him to the lower chamber.

### [III: They Recall the Garden of the Rue Plumet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/iii-they-recall-the-garden-of-the-rue-plumet)

Announces dinner and informs Valjean that Cosette and Marius are out.

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