# Demoiselle Matthiette — The Line of Love character guide

> Demoiselle Matthiette in The Line of Love by James Branch Cabell.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Raymond Psychopompos Matthiette

**First appearance:** 0005-i-the-episode-called-the-wedding-jest

## Snapshot

A d'Arnaye niece whose blue eyes and soft voice unsettle every plan her family makes for her, especially the marriage alliance they need from Puysange.

## Who they are

Matthiette sits at the center of a hard bargain: her uncle Sieur Raymond needs an alliance with Puysange, and she is the currency. She is drawn to courtly glitter, masques, and gallant kings, yet her d'Arnaye blood carries a warning she cannot quite hear. Her romantic restlessness makes every negotiation over her future feel dangerously alive.

## In the story

### [VI: The Episode Called the Conspiracy of Arnaye](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_line_of_love_se/chapters/vi-the-episode-called-the-conspiracy-of-arnaye)

Torn between duty and love, she chooses Raoul and defies her uncle's arranged marriage.

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