# Goguet — Monsieur Lecoq character guide

> Goguet in Monsieur Lecoq by Émile Gaboriau.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the smiling Goguet

**First appearance:** 0000-monsieur-lecoq

## Who they are

A clerk in the magistrate's office.

## In the story

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/monsieur_lecoq_se/chapters/ix)

The clerk with a silly smile who nods approvingly at Lecoq's deductions and assists Segmuller during the examination.

### [The Examination of the Widow Chupin and the Prisoner May](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/monsieur_lecoq_se/chapters/x)

The smiling clerk who returns with a communication from the governor of the Depot and expresses fear about the prisoner May.

### [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/monsieur_lecoq_se/chapters/xi)

The clerk who reads back the prisoner's earlier statements to highlight contradictions.

### [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/monsieur_lecoq_se/chapters/xii)

The smiling clerk who records the proceedings and admires the prisoner's defense.

### [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/monsieur_lecoq_se/chapters/xiii)

The smiling clerk who writes the summons for Polyte Chupin's wife and takes a theatrical interest in the proceedings.

### [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/monsieur_lecoq_se/chapters/xvi)

Segmuller's clerk, arrives early and observes the magistrate's irritable mood; secretly hopes the prisoner May will succeed.

### [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/monsieur_lecoq_se/chapters/xvii)

The smiling clerk who draws up summonses for the magistrate.

### [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/monsieur_lecoq_se/chapters/xix)

The smiling clerk who expresses admiration for Lecoq's cleverness and remarks on the failed comedy.

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