Heidi
Tinette
The parlor maid
A haughty maid in the Sesemann house, who looks down on Heidi's country ways. She does as Rottenmeier says.
Tinette is the parlor maid in the Sesemann mansion. She is snobbish and lazy, and she has no time for Heidi's mountain simplicity. She is in step with Fräulein Rottenmeier and eager to flatter her.
She stands in contrast to Sebastian, who is warm and friendly with Heidi. She gossips, drags her feet and treats Heidi as a country bumpkin to be laughed at. She is the sort of servant who is much more careful about the Fräulein's moods than about anyone else's feelings.
In the story
Contains spoilers.
Tinette's one important moment comes when Rottenmeier finds Heidi's hoard of white rolls and orders her to throw every scrap into the dustbin. Heidi begs her not to, but the rolls are gone.
The incident makes Heidi cry that Grandmother will never eat soft bread again. Clara then promises her a mountain of fresh rolls. It is a small scene, but it shows the cold, orderly city world that Heidi cannot live in.
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