# Mère Rollet — Madame Bovary character guide

> Mère Rollet in Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0017-part-ii-vii

## Who they are

A wet-nurse who cares for Berthe Bovary.

## In the story

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

Mentioned as the intermediary for Emma and Léon's secret correspondence, playing a practical role in their affair.

### [The Desperate Search](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/madame_bovary_se/chapters/part-iii-vii)

The nurse who receives the distraught Emma at her cottage and is sent to fetch Léon from Emma's house.

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