# The Judge — Travel Essays character guide

> The Judge in Travel Essays by Robert Louis Stevenson.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** The Judge, the judge

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

## Who they are

A legal official encountered during the travels.

## Relationships

### [Du Chayla](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/characters/du_chayla)

_professional_

Du Chayla and The Judge interact in a legal or judicial context, likely as prosecutor and magistrate.

### [Du Chayla](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/characters/du_chayla)

_professional_

Du Chayla and The Judge interact in a legal or judicial context, likely as prosecutor and magistrate.

## In the story

### [At Landrecies](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/at-landrecies)

The Juge de Paix who invites the travelers to supper; a bachelor with a collection of brass warming-pans.

### [Sambre and Oise Canal: Canal Boats](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/sambre-and-oise-canal-canal-boats)

Politely escorts the narrator and the Cigarette to the end of the lock under an umbrella at the start of the day.

### [The Parliament Close](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/iii-the-parliament-close)

Judges are depicted sitting singly or in groups in the courts, delivering obiter dicta with dry fun.

### [Greyfriars](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/v-greyfriars)

Sir George Mackenzie, 'Bloody Mackenzie,' is referenced as the Lord Advocate and author of an essay on toleration, whose mausoleum is in Greyfriars.

### [The Coast of Fife](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/the-coast-of-fife)

Not directly present; no relevant excerpt.

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