Jaquette

“Yes  …   That’s her Christian name  …   I don’t know if it’s her real name, but she has always been known as Jaquette  …  ”

Maigret in Society Simenon, Georges, 1903-1989 1962

From a childhood of tumbling rocks in the basement and dreaming of becoming "Jaquette Cousteau," Sulzman had always been in love with the outdoors.

Elizabeth Sulzman, Rest in Peace Peggy 2007

From a childhood of tumbling rocks in the basement and dreaming of becoming "Jaquette Cousteau," Sulzman had always been in love with the outdoors.

Archive 2007-06-01 Peggy 2007

Were all these people — Jaquette, Alain Mazeron, his wife in the tight-fitting trousers, Isabelle, and even the solicitor Aubonnet — in a conspiracy to fool him?

Maigret in Society Simenon, Georges, 1903-1989 1962

Mazeron had left reluctantly and Jaquette, suddenly appearing from her kitchen, had gone to shut the door behind him.

Maigret in Society Simenon, Georges, 1903-1989 1962

“Speak up, Jaquette,” said the priest encouragingly.

Maigret in Society Simenon, Georges, 1903-1989 1962

She was smaller than in the photographs, but, unlike Jaquette for instance, she was not bent under the weight of the years.

Maigret in Society Simenon, Georges, 1903-1989 1962

“I am writing to Jaquette to give her the recipe for the almond tart you like so much  …  ”

Maigret in Society Simenon, Georges, 1903-1989 1962

There remains one last question which puzzles me, especially after what you have just told me about your relations with Jaquette.

Maigret in Society Simenon, Georges, 1903-1989 1962

Old Jaquette admitted having seen it, only a few months before, in the chest of drawers in the bedroom.

Maigret in Society Simenon, Georges, 1903-1989 1962