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Michaud is Madame Raquin’s old friend. He lived in the same town outside of Paris, where he worked in the police station. After moving to Paris in his retirement, he runs into Madame Raquin and happily accepts an invitation for dinner, bringing along his son, Olivier, and his daughter-in-law, Suzanne. Michaud continues to come to the Raquin household each Thursday, enjoying the time he spends there playing dominoes and telling the same stories about policework. When Laurent and Thérèse hatch a plan to marry each other after Camille’s death, they trick Michaud into thinking that the match is his idea, thus avoiding any suspicion about why they want to be together.
Michaud Quotes in Thérèse Raquin
The Thérèse Raquin quotes below are all either spoken by Michaud or refer to Michaud. 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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Chapter 12
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He had decided to go there to cover himself in case anyone should suspect him, and to avoid having to break the dreadful news to Madame Raquin in person. That was something he felt peculiarly loath to do, for he fully expected her to be so grief-stricken that he would be unable to summon sufficient tears to act his own part credibly; moreover, he found the thought of her maternal anguish oppressive, although he didn’t really care about it otherwise.
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Chapter 27
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‘It’s perfectly clear, I can guess the whole sentence from the look in Madame’s eye. I don’t need things written out for me on a table, one glance from her is enough. What she meant to say is: “Thérèse and Laurent have taken good care of me.’”
Grivet had reason to feel pleased with his powers of imagination, because this time the whole company agreed with him. The guests began to sing the couple’s praises for having been so kind to the poor lady.
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Michaud Quotes in Thérèse Raquin
The Thérèse Raquin quotes below are all either spoken by Michaud or refer to Michaud. 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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Chapter 12
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He had decided to go there to cover himself in case anyone should suspect him, and to avoid having to break the dreadful news to Madame Raquin in person. That was something he felt peculiarly loath to do, for he fully expected her to be so grief-stricken that he would be unable to summon sufficient tears to act his own part credibly; moreover, he found the thought of her maternal anguish oppressive, although he didn’t really care about it otherwise.
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Chapter 27
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‘It’s perfectly clear, I can guess the whole sentence from the look in Madame’s eye. I don’t need things written out for me on a table, one glance from her is enough. What she meant to say is: “Thérèse and Laurent have taken good care of me.’”
Grivet had reason to feel pleased with his powers of imagination, because this time the whole company agreed with him. The guests began to sing the couple’s praises for having been so kind to the poor lady.
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