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Mitraillette is Maman and Papa Thibaut’s eldest daughter and a member of the French Resistance. Mitraillette is her code name and means “submachine gun”; her real name is Gabrielle-Thérèse, but Maddie never comes around to using Mitraillette’s given name. Despite not speaking much of the other’s language, Maddie and Mitraillette—who are fairly close in age—become close during the time that Maddie lives with the Thibaut family. Within the Resistance, Mitraillette often keeps watch and, as a pretty young woman, provides a distraction and cover—often, she comes along on missions so it looks like the family is going on a picnic. She’s extremely protective of her younger sister, Amélie, and willingly confronts her older brother Etienne about his involvement with the Nazis. It’s not until the failed attempt to rescue Julie and other prisoners of the Ormaie Gestapo that Maddie realizes Mitraillette is Paul’s second-in-command and will take his place as the leader now that he’s dead.
Mitraillette Quotes in Code Name Verity
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Part 2, Section 11
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“She showed me,” Penn said. “She was pretty clear about it. Adjusted her scarf as soon as we’d shaken hands—gave me a good look. Ugly row of narrow triangular burns across her throat and collarbone, just beginning to heal. It looked like it had been done with a soldering iron. More of the same all along the insides of her wrists. She was very clever about showing me, cool as you please, no drama about it.”
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Part 2, Section 17
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Julie was next.
Suddenly she laughed wildly and gave a shaking yell, her voice high and desperate.
“KISS ME, HARDY! Kiss me, QUICK!”
Turned her face away from me to make it easier.
And I shot her.
I saw her body flinch—the blows knocked her head aside as though she’d been thumped in the face. Then she was gone.
Gone. One moment flying in the green sunlight, then the sky suddenly gray and dark. Out like a candle. Here, then gone.
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Mitraillette Quotes in Code Name Verity
The Code Name Verity quotes below are all either spoken by Mitraillette or refer to Mitraillette. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Part 2, Section 11
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“She showed me,” Penn said. “She was pretty clear about it. Adjusted her scarf as soon as we’d shaken hands—gave me a good look. Ugly row of narrow triangular burns across her throat and collarbone, just beginning to heal. It looked like it had been done with a soldering iron. More of the same all along the insides of her wrists. She was very clever about showing me, cool as you please, no drama about it.”
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Part 2, Section 17
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Julie was next.
Suddenly she laughed wildly and gave a shaking yell, her voice high and desperate.
“KISS ME, HARDY! Kiss me, QUICK!”
Turned her face away from me to make it easier.
And I shot her.
I saw her body flinch—the blows knocked her head aside as though she’d been thumped in the face. Then she was gone.
Gone. One moment flying in the green sunlight, then the sky suddenly gray and dark. Out like a candle. Here, then gone.
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