# M. Hector — Travel Essays character guide

> M. Hector in Travel Essays by Robert Louis Stevenson.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0000-an-inland-voyage

## Who they are

A French gentleman encountered during the journey.

## In the story

### [Pont-sur-Sambre: The Travelling Merchant](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/pont-sur-sambre-the-travelling-merchant)

A travelling merchant from Maubeuge, arrives with his family in a tilt cart; proud of his son, speaks in a florid style, and is at home in the alehouse kitchen.

### [On the Sambre Canalised: To Landrecies](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/on-the-sambre-canalised-to-landrecies)

Arranges goods for the day's campaign at the inn.

### [In the Season](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/in-the-season)

M. Siron is mentioned as the host bearing soup, but no direct match in canonical list; using M. Hector as a placeholder for the innkeeper figure.

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