The Trail of the Serpent · Character

Mademoiselle Finette

A French maid in service to Valerie de Cevennes.

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Also known as Finette, mademoiselle

Mademoiselle Finette shows up with force in Working in the Dark. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Valerie's lady's-maid, coerced by Raymond into betraying her mistress by admitting him to the pavilion.

Mademoiselle Finette first appears in 0018 book iii holy institution.

In Working in the Dark: Valerie's lady's-maid, coerced by Raymond into betraying her mistress by admitting him to the pavilion.

Later, in III: The Wrong Footstep: Valerie's maid, mentioned as a possible source of the secret's leak.

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Working in the Dark
Valerie's lady's-maid, coerced by Raymond into betraying her mistress by admitting him to the pavilion.
III: The Wrong Footstep
Valerie's maid, mentioned as a possible source of the secret's leak.
VII: The Last Act of Lucretia Borgia
Valerie's maid; begs for Valerie to be taken to the pavilion after her collapse.
The New Milkman in Park Lane
Mentioned as the Countess's French maid, one of the few servants brought from South America.

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