# Mademoiselle Finette — The Trail of the Serpent character guide

> Mademoiselle Finette in The Trail of the Serpent by M. E. Braddon.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Finette, mademoiselle

**First appearance:** 0018-book-iii-holy-institution

## Who they are

A French maid in service to Valerie de Cevennes.

## In the story

### [Working in the Dark](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_trail_of_the_serpent_se/chapters/ii-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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_trail_of_the_serpent_se/chapters/iii-the-wrong-footstep)

Valerie's maid, mentioned as a possible source of the secret's leak.

### [VII: The Last Act of Lucretia Borgia](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_trail_of_the_serpent_se/chapters/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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_trail_of_the_serpent_se/chapters/v-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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