Monsieur Lecoq · Character
Joseph Couturier
A peasant involved in the conspiracy.
minor
Also known as Couturier
First appearance: monsieur lecoq
Joseph Couturier shows up with force in II. The page is where that presence becomes real.
The arrested suspect, a young man who utters the phrase 'It is the Prussians who are coming,' which Lecoq interprets as an allusion to the Battle of Waterloo.
Joseph Couturier first appears in 0000 monsieur lecoq.
In II: The arrested suspect, a young man who utters the phrase 'It is the Prussians who are coming,' which Lecoq interprets as an allusion to the Battle of Waterloo.
Later, in XVIII: Referenced indirectly as the prisoner May, who is the subject of Lecoq's surveillance and the sender of the coded note.
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