# Henriet Cousin — Notre-Dame de Paris character guide

> Henriet Cousin in Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0068-i-the-little-shoe

## Who they are

The public executioner of Paris.

## In the story

### [The Little Shoe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/notre_dame_de_paris_se/chapters/i-the-little-shoe)

The hangman summoned by Tristan to execute Esmeralda; hesitates when confronted by the fierce recluse.

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