Travel Essays · Character
Madame Gilliard
A French woman encountered during the journey.
minor
Also known as Madame
First appearance: an inland voyage
Madame Gilliard shows up with force in Pont-sur-Sambre: The Travelling Merchant. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Madame Gilliard first appears in 0000 an inland voyage.
In Pont-sur-Sambre: The Travelling Merchant: M. Hector's wife, a comely young woman with her hair in a yellow kerchief; doting mother who caresses her son and recalls his happy moments.
Later, in On the Sambre Canalised: To Landrecies: Landlady at the inn who provides water for washing and brushes boots.
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Relationship types
- Other
Character groups
- French Travel Companions
- Canal Journey Characters
- Extended Cast of Travels and History
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- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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- Pont-sur-Sambre: The Travelling Merchant
- On the Sambre Canalised: To Landrecies
- La Fère of Cursed Memory
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See Madame Gilliard in an inland voyage