# M. Antoine Domini — The Mystery of Orcival character guide

> M. Antoine Domini in The Mystery of Orcival by Émile Gaboriau.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** M. Domini, little M. Domini, Monsieur Domini

**First appearance:** 0001-ii

## Snapshot

The examining magistrate of Orcival, earnest and methodical, who must weigh the town's bland assurances against the evidence piling up at Valfeuillu.

## Who they are

Domini arrives to take depositions in a case that looks simple and keeps refusing to stay so, hearing from worthy Courtois that the Trémorels were devoted while the house itself tells another story. Earnest and a little overshadowed by sharper minds like Plantat and Lecoq, he represents the official machinery of justice moving at its own cautious pace. His early rulings and interrogations set the frame the detectives must work within or around.

## Relationships

### [Guespin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_orcival_se/characters/guespin)

_professional_

Guespin interacts with Domini, possibly as a fellow servant or in a legal context.

### [Guespin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_orcival_se/characters/guespin)

_professional_

Guespin interacts with Domini, possibly as a fellow servant or in a legal context.

### [Guespin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_orcival_se/characters/guespin)

_professional_

Guespin interacts with Domini, possibly as a fellow servant or in a legal context.

## In the story

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_orcival_se/chapters/iii)

The judge of instruction, grave and inflexible, arrives to take charge of the investigation.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_orcival_se/chapters/iv)

Presides over the interrogation; forms conviction of Guespin's guilt; orders Guespin's arrest and later Bertaud's arrest.

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

The judge of instruction, he organizes his notes during the meal and is skeptical of the police, but acknowledges Lecoq's competence.

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_orcival_se/chapters/vi)

The judge of instruction, who interprets the clock evidence to support the theory that Guespin could have committed the crime.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_orcival_se/chapters/vii)

The judge who dismisses complexity, insists on Guespin's guilt based on the vest and torn cloth, and leaves after making an appointment with Plantat.

### [XXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_orcival_se/chapters/xxiii)

Reluctantly allows Lecoq to interrogate Guespin; later praises Lecoq's skill after the interrogation reveals the truth.

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