# Villette de Rétaux — The Humbugs of the World character guide

> Villette de Rétaux in The Humbugs of the World by P. T. Barnum.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Villette

**First appearance:** 0053-xlii

## Who they are

A forger involved in the Diamond Necklace affair.

## In the story

### [Chapter XLI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_humbugs_of_the_world_se/chapters/xli)

An expert forger and accomplice of Jeanne; impersonates the Queen's valet and writes counterfeit notes from the Queen to de Rohan.

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