# Matelote — Les Misérables character guide

> Matelote in Les Misérables by Victor Hugo.

**Role:** minor

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

## Who they are

A waitress at the Corinthe café.

## In the story

### [I: History of Corinthe from Its Foundation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/i-history-of-corinthe-from-its-foundation)

One of the two serving-maids at Corinthe, large, plump, red-haired, and noisy.

### [Preliminary Gayeties](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/ii-preliminary-gayeties)

Mentioned as a maidservant in the wine-shop.

### [I: History of Corinthe from Its Foundation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/i-history-of-corinthe-from-its-foundation)

One of the two serving-maids at Corinthe, described as large, plump, red-haired, and noisy.

### [An Attempt to Console the Widow Hucheloup](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/iv-an-attempt-to-console-the-widow-hucheloup)

One of the women in the wine-shop, terrified and making lint with Mame Hucheloup and Gibelotte.

### [Preliminary Gayeties](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/ii-preliminary-gayeties)

One of the maidservants at the wine-shop; Grantaire addresses her in his drunken speech.

### [IV: An Attempt to Console the Widow Hucheloup](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/les_miserables_se/chapters/iv-an-attempt-to-console-the-widow-hucheloup)

Helps make lint from old dishcloths in the billiard-hall, affected by terror.

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