# II explained — The Wolf-Leader

> Chapter companion for The Wolf-Leader by Alexandre Dumas.

## What happens

The narrator introduces the setting of his childhood home, Les Fossés, and its inhabitants, focusing on Mocquet, a keeper who tells stories of ghosts and werewolves. The narrator explains how he came to know the tale of Thibault and his wolves.

## Character check-ins

### Mocquet

A keeper and friend of the narrator's father, known for telling stories of ghosts and werewolves.

### Thibault

Mentioned as the subject of the story the narrator is about to tell.

### Lord of Vez

Mentioned as part of the story title.

## Key lines

> I am now going to tell you the story of Thibault and his wolves, and of the Lord of Vez.

The narrator announces he will recount the tale of Thibault, his wolves, and the Lord of Vez.

_Sets up the main narrative._

> Mocquet, however, is the only person that need occupy our attention for the present.

The narrator focuses on Mocquet as the key figure for now.

_Highlights Mocquet's importance in the introduction._

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