# Madame Lamotte — The Forsyte Saga character guide

> Madame Lamotte in The Forsyte Saga by John Galsworthy.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Madame Lamotte, Madame, Lamotte

**First appearance:** 0077-part-iii-i-soames-in-paris

## Who they are

Annette's mother, a Frenchwoman who runs a restaurant in Soho.

## In the story

### [Soho](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_forsyte_saga_se/chapters/part-i-iv-soho)

Annette's mother and co-owner of the Restaurant Bretagne; Soames considers her a potential obstacle to his plans.

### [X: Soames Entertains the Future](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_forsyte_saga_se/chapters/part-i-x-soames-entertains-the-future)

Madame Lamotte accompanies her daughter, appreciates Soames's possessions, and engages in a discussion about the Boer War.

### [XIV: Soames Discovers What He Wants](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_forsyte_saga_se/chapters/part-i-xiv-soames-discovers-what-he-wants)

Madame Lamotte hosts Soames at the restaurant, offering special coffee and liqueur, and is described as a wonder who never lets failure lodge in her house.

### [In the Web](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_forsyte_saga_se/chapters/part-iii-ii-in-the-web)

Receives Soames's visit; shrewdly assesses his interest in Annette while protecting her daughter's prospects.

### [Birth of a Forsyte](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_forsyte_saga_se/chapters/part-iii-xii-birth-of-a-forsyte)

Arrives from Paris after a frightful crossing; learns of the birth of a granddaughter.

### [His](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_forsyte_saga_se/chapters/part-iii-xiv-his)

Attends Annette; offends Soames with her matter-of-fact French manner and her adoration of the baby.

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