# Marie de Puymandour — The Slaves of Paris character guide

> Marie de Puymandour in The Slaves of Paris by Émile Gaboriau.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Mademoiselle de Puymandour, Mademoiselle Marie, Puymandour

**First appearance:** 0034-vi-the-count-de-puymandour

## Snapshot

A nobleman's daughter being married off amid magnificent preparations, she grows sadder each day as the wedding machinery rolls on around her.

## Who they are

Marie sits with her betrothed in stiff, chaperoned silence, both of them straining for conversation that will not come, while her father refurnishes the château and quarters the arms of Champdoce and Puymandour on everything in sight. She is a daughter being spent like capital in a transaction she never chose. Her quiet misery measures the human cost of the match that anchors the Champdoce mystery.

## In the story

### [An Unlucky Blow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_slaves_of_paris_se/chapters/vii-an-unlucky-blow)

Mentioned as the wealthy heiress the Duke has chosen for Norbert.

### [IX: The Honor of the Name](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_slaves_of_paris_se/chapters/ix-the-honor-of-the-name)

A gentle, affectionate young woman who secretly loves George de Croisenois but is coerced by her father into accepting a marriage with Norbert de Champdoce, weeping as she gives her consent.

### [XI: Marriage Bells; Funeral Knells](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_slaves_of_paris_se/chapters/xi-marriage-bells-funeral-knells)

Reluctant bride who considers confiding her love for George de Croisenois to Norbert but fails, and accepts the marriage with visible pain.

### [XII: “Rash Word, Rash Deed”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_slaves_of_paris_se/chapters/xii-rash-word-rash-deed)

Marries Norbert and moves to Paris. Diana discovers her past love for George de Croisenois and plans to use it.

### [A Scheme of Vengeance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_slaves_of_paris_se/chapters/xiii-a-scheme-of-vengeance)

The Duchess de Champdoce, isolated and unhappy in Paris, forbidden from seeing old friends.

### [False Friend, Old Lover](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_slaves_of_paris_se/chapters/xiv-false-friend-old-lover)

The Duchess is initially alarmed by Norbert's sudden kindness, but eventually confides in Diana, revealing her past love for George de Croisenois.

### [Blade to Blade](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_slaves_of_paris_se/chapters/xvii-blade-to-blade)

Marie remains calm and defiant when Norbert confronts her, admitting she arranged the meeting with Croisenois.

### [XVIII: The Heir of Champdoce](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_slaves_of_paris_se/chapters/xviii-the-heir-of-champdoce)

The Duchess de Champdoce, falls ill after George's death, later revealed to be pregnant; moved to a remote château.

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