Ursule Mirouët · Character
Goupil
A notary's clerk with a taste for intrigue and a nickname that mocks his piety, Goupil watches the Minoret household the way a cat watches a fishpond.
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Also known as Maître Jean-Sébastien-Marie Goupil, the blessed Maria
First appearance: Ursule Mirouët
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A cunning and malicious notary clerk, who serves as a sinister figure in the town's social machinations.
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Goupil occupies the useful shadow between the law and the town's gossip, privy to every document and every weakness in Nemours. His nickname, the blessed Maria, is the kind of joke that tells you exactly what he is not,…
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