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Armand Moncharmin
Little Meg’s mother is an honest, yet credulous box attendant at the Opera House. Although she is the only person to have direct interactions with the Phantom of the Opera, her frank, unselfconscious manner of speaking gives her little credibility, as she does not understand that other people might doubt the existence of an Opera ghost. In her cooperation with the Phantom, she is motivated both by respect for the Phantom’s elegant, polite attitude, as well as his promise to make her daughter an Empress—a fact that gives her little credibility in the eyes of directors Richard and Moncharmin, even though it later proves partially true. However, she is outspoken and unafraid to defend herself. She expresses her thoughts freely, convinced of her own righteousness and of the Phantom’s existence.
Mme Giry Quotes in The Phantom of the Opera
The The Phantom of the Opera quotes below are all either spoken by Mme Giry or refer to Mme Giry. 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 8 Quotes
Terror struck, followed by a general stampede. My intention here is not to revive the memory of that momentous event, for the curious reader can easily consult the accounts that appeared in the press at the time. Suffice it to say that many people were wounded and one died.
The chandelier had crashed upon the head of a poor woman who had come to the Opera that evening for the very first time in her life, and killed her instantly. She was the concierge whom Richard had chosen to replace Mme Giry, the Phantom’s preferred attendant. The next day one of the headlines read: ‘Two hundred thousand kilos hit concierge!’ That was her sole obituary!
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Mme Giry Character Timeline in The Phantom of the Opera
The timeline below shows where the character Mme Giry appears in The Phantom of the Opera. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 1
Little Meg Giry then notes that Joseph Buquet should keep quiet, because her mother, Mme Giry , says the ghost should be left in peace. Pressed to explain herself, Meg reveals...
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Chapter 4
...Five heard a voice saying that the box was occupied. They called the box attendant, Mme Giry , who could see no one in the box or on either side of it....
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Chapter 5
The box attendant, Mme Giry , mother of the ballerina Little Meg Giry, finally arrives. Richard talks to her in...
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Undisturbed by the directors’ skeptical attitudes, Mme Giry describes the ghost’s voice as a kind, yet authoritative masculine voice. She notes that the...
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Chapter 8
...must be liberated; that Christine Daaé should sing Marguerite, since Carlotta will be ill; that Mme Giry must return; and that he wants to make plans about receiving his money. He threatens...
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In that moment, Mme Giry enters, handing the directors a letter from the Phantom. Furious, Richard suddenly grabs Mme Giry...
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...who has never been to the Opera, so that she might agree to take on Mme Giry ’s job.
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...the very woman he had planned to make their new box attendant in place of Mme Giry .
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Chapter 15
...what Rémy is talking about, Rémy finally says that he saw Mercier, the administrator, take Mme Giry away, thus creating a second “disappearance” for the night by locking her up in Mercier’s...
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Chapter 17
...to pay the Phantom his due. Following the Phantom’s new instructions by letter, they give Mme Giry an envelope with twenty thousand francs. Mme Giry leaves the envelope in the Phantom’s box...
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...and asking them to proceed anew in the same way. This time, though, they interrogate Mme Giry about her dealings with the Phantom. She explains that the Phantom gives her ten francs...
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Mme Giry , however, does not know what is in the envelopes. When the directors show her...
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Chapter 18
...keeps track of the envelope in his pocket. He orders Gabriel and Mercier to lock Mme Giry up up so that she will not be able to interact with the Phantom in...
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