# Reverend Jaquemin Hérode — Toilers of the Sea character guide

> Reverend Jaquemin Hérode in Toilers of the Sea by Victor Hugo.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the Reverend Jaquemin, the Reverend Jaquemin Hérode, Doctor Jaquemin Hérode, Doctor Hérode, M. Jaquemin Hérode, M. Hérode

**First appearance:** 0007-ii-the-b-de-la-rue

## Who they are

A local clergyman and minor character in the community.

## Relationships

### [Mess Lethierry](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/toilers_of_the_sea_se/characters/mess_lethierry)

_social_

Mess Lethierry has occasional social dealings with the local reverend, Jaquemin Hérode.

### [Mess Lethierry](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/toilers_of_the_sea_se/characters/mess_lethierry)

_social_

Mess Lethierry has occasional social dealings with the local reverend, Jaquemin Hérode.

## In the story

### [An Unpopular Man](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/toilers_of_the_sea_se/chapters/iv-an-unpopular-man)

Rector of St. Sampson who, during the funeral of the woman who raised Gilliatt, noted the suspicious titles of her books.

### [An Anomaly in the Character of Lethierry](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/toilers_of_the_sea_se/chapters/xii-an-anomaly-in-the-character-of-lethierry)

Referenced as the preacher of a sermon on eternal punishment that Lethierry attended, prompting Lethierry's remark about God being merciful.

### [Streaks of Fire on the Horizon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/toilers_of_the_sea_se/chapters/i-streaks-of-fire-on-the-horizon)

Gilliatt thinks about the Reverend Jaquemin Hérode possibly becoming dean of St. Peter's Port.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/toilers_of_the_sea_se/chapters/iv)

Appointed surrogate of the Bishop of Winchester and dean of the island, about to leave St. Sampson.

### [III: A Quotation from the Bible](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/toilers_of_the_sea_se/chapters/iii-a-quotation-from-the-bible)

Visits to offer counsel, suggests investments in Russian arms or Texan slavery, and offers a government post, all rejected by Lethierry; quotes scripture to justify his points.

### [III: The Forethought of Self-Sacrifice](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/toilers_of_the_sea_se/chapters/iii-the-forethought-of-self-sacrifice)

Dean who officiates the marriage, noting irregularities but proceeding.

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