Raymond Sintés

Raymond, a short, broad‑shouldered warehouse guard with a boxer’s nose, invites Meursault for blood sausage and wine, shares a violent past, and asks Meursault to write a revenge letter. Violently assaults his mistress, is slapped by a police officer, asks Meursault to be a witness, buys brandy, wants to go to a whorehouse, discusses Salamano’s missing dog Raymond arrives in blue trousers, is attacked by the two Arab men, suffers a cut arm and a slash to his mouth, seeks a doctor on the plateau, and walks with Meursault and Masson after the fight. Raymond testifies about his sadness at the funeral and confirms he did not see Meursault cry Meursault recalls a game he used to play with Raymond.