Minor Characters in Marie-Grace and Cécile's Series

These are minor characters in Cécile Rey and Marie-Grace Gardner's series.

Monette Bruiller
A friend of Cécile Rey.

Ellen
An Irish girl who immigrated to America and works as a maid in the Rey household. She has nine brothers, two in Boston and the rest back in County Mayo, Ireland.

Ellen looks after Armand Rey when he becomes ill with yellow fever. She herself becomes infected and eventually succumbs to the disease despite Dr. Gardner's efforts.

Daniel Gardner
Marie-Grace's late younger brother. He and Mama died in a cholera epidemic four years ago.

"Mama" Gardner
Marie-Grace's late mother. She and Daniel died in a cholera epidemic four years ago. It is said that Marie-Grace looks the image of her mother. Her maiden name was "Rousseau".

Monsieur Lejeune
Cécile's tutor.

The Metoyers
A wealthy family of color. There are three children, Agnès, Fanny, and an unnamed son around Armand's age. Unlike the Reys, the Metoyers own a slave, a boy who accompanies the Metoyer sisters on their shopping trips. Cécile does not have a high opinion of either Agnès or Fanny, nor does she share their interest in fashion and gossip.

The Metoyers flee New Orleans when news of yellow fever begin to spread and return once the epidemic is over.

Sophronia
A classmate of Marie-Grace Gardner at St. Teresa's Academy. She is one of Lavinia Halsworth's friends.

Henry Tay
Octavia Tay's husband and Cécile's uncle. Henry died in an accident at the shipyard in Philadelphia where the Tays lived mid-year 1852.

Madame Zulime
A woman of color who owns a candy shop. She is renowned for her pralines.