# Douce — Toilers of the Sea character guide

> Douce in Toilers of the Sea by Victor Hugo.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0020-i-prattle-and-smoke

## Who they are

A servant or minor female character in the household.

## In the story

### [VIII: “Bonnie Dundee”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/toilers_of_the_sea_se/chapters/viii-bonnie-dundee)

One of the two servants; good-natured, unmarried, and secretly has a 'gallant.'

### [The Unknown Unfolds Itself by Degrees](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/toilers_of_the_sea_se/chapters/ii-the-unknown-unfolds-itself-by-degrees)

Douce is the other servant heard disputing with Grace.

### [The Leathern Trunk](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/toilers_of_the_sea_se/chapters/ii-the-leathern-trunk)

Lethierry calls her to ask about Déruchette and later instructs her to deliver a note to Gilliatt.

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