The Chink in the Armour · Character
Madame Cagliostra
A Montmartre fortune-teller whose pink card and five-franc consultations draw Sylvia in with promises the devil supposedly keeps no secrets from.
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Also known as Cagliostra, Madame
First appearance: the chink in the armour
As a supporting figure in The Chink in the Armour, Madame Cagliostra is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Madame Cagliostra is the seer whose visiting-card arrives unbidden on Sylvia's Paris table, a name the chambermaid vouches for as marvellous and cheap. She charges only five francs, yet her clients are said to include the well-known, and her readings carry a weight Sylvia cannot quite dismiss. She is the novel's first whisper of fate and fraud, the small pink card that sets the heroine walking toward danger.
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- Historical and peripheral figures
- Sylvia's social circle
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See Madame Cagliostra in the chink in the armour