# Juliette Chaffour — The Lerouge Case character guide

> Juliette Chaffour in The Lerouge Case by Émile Gaboriau.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Juliette, Madame Juliette, Madame Juliette Chaffour, Madame Chaffour, Madame

**First appearance:** 0000-the-lerouge-case

## Snapshot

A household intimate of the Lerouge circle whose sharp eyes and sharper memory make her testimony a pivot in the murder inquiry.

## Who they are

Juliette moves through the domestic world of the Lerouge household, privy to the small routines and unguarded moments that outsiders never see. When investigators begin pulling at threads, her knowledge of who came and went becomes both a gift to the prosecution and a danger to herself. She matters because the case turns on intimate detail, and she is one of the few who can supply it.

## Relationships

### [Noel Gerdy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lerouge_case_se/characters/noel_gerdy)

_romantic_

Juliette is passionately in love with Noel, but he manipulates her feelings for his own ends.

### [Noel Gerdy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lerouge_case_se/characters/noel_gerdy)

_romantic_

Juliette is passionately in love with Noel, but he manipulates her feelings for his own ends.

### [Noel Gerdy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lerouge_case_se/characters/noel_gerdy)

_romantic_

Juliette is passionately in love with Noel, but he manipulates her feelings for his own ends.

## In the story

### [Chapter V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lerouge_case_se/chapters/v)

Noel's mistress, expresses boredom and resentment at being hidden, manipulates Noel with her moods.

### [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lerouge_case_se/chapters/xiii)

Mentioned by Clergeot as having ordered dresses and as Noel's mistress, potentially jeopardizing his marriage plans.

### [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lerouge_case_se/chapters/xviii)

Noel's mistress; reveals details about Noel's behavior on the night of the crime, including his drunkenness and lost belongings.

### [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lerouge_case_se/chapters/xix)

Noel's mistress; he visits her after the confrontation and bequeaths his fortune to her.

### [XX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lerouge_case_se/chapters/xx)

Consoled for Noel's loss; has spent most of the eighty thousand francs he hid.

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