# Monsieur Baptiste — The Mystery of Orcival character guide

> Monsieur Baptiste in The Mystery of Orcival by Émile Gaboriau.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Baptiste

**First appearance:** 0001-ii

## Who they are

The placid butler of M. Plantat.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_orcival_se/chapters/i)

The mayor's servant, who is initially reluctant to wake his master but eventually delivers the summons to M. Plantat.

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

The mayor's servant, who delivers the news of Madame Courtois's collapse with evident satisfaction.

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