The widow of a Chandernagore merchant and the town's loudest royalist.
Overview
The widow of a Chandernagore merchant and the town’s loudest royalist. She has kept a portrait of Louis XVI in her front room through twenty-one years of British occupation, and she wants the King’s man in her chair before anyone else in town has him.
Appearance & Manner
Small, upright, in black silk turned twice, with a lace cap of the 1780s and a gold cross. She speaks the French of the old court, carefully, and addresses everyone by full title, including the Commandant, whom she calls “Monsieur l’Anglais”.
History
Born in Chandernagore to a family that came out under Dupleix. Married a merchant, Vallier, who died in 1797. She has never seen France.
Related
- People: Pere Ignace Remusat — her confessor, Etienne Lagarde — the man who bought her husband’s warehouse, Captain Robert Ord — “Monsieur l’Anglais”
- Places: Chandernagore — the Vallier house on the Strand
Location
Chandernagore
Chandernagore
Connections
People
Knows
- Pere Ignace Remusat NPC warmHer confessor, and the only man in town she lets contradict her
Rival of
- Etienne Lagarde NPC hostileBought her late husband's warehouse from the English in 1797
Places
Located at
- Chandernagore Location warmBorn here, the Vallier house on the Strand