Crevel then asks the horrified Adeline why she remains faithful to a libertine who has had mistresses for years. He goes down on his knee and kisses Adeline’s hand saying that she could have found the dowry in his wallet if she had fallen in with his wishes and desires. Crevel loves to put on a show while he speaks and often adopts a Napoleonic type pose. Crevel’s only child (Celestine) is married to Adeline’s son (Victorin) who is now an attorney.Ĭrevel says he only spoke honestly, that the Hulots have no money and that he is helping to support his daughter and her husband. She wants him to explain his actions in blocking a proposed marriage for her daughter by saying that the dowry of two hundred thousand francs would not be paid. Madame Hulot (Adeline) has sent for Crevel, whom she had previously forbidden their house for attempting to seduce her. She is wearing dowdy, old-fashioned clothing and doesn’t seem to mind being summarily dismissed.
Hortense is graceful but Bette is described as a “dried-up old maid” in one translation and a “withered-looking spinster” in another. Madame Hulot is described as tall, fair and very well-preserved. She sends her daughter Hortense and her Cousin Bette from the room. Madame Hulot starts when Crevel is announced.
He is going to the home of Baron Hulot d’Ervy, younger brother of General Hulot.Ĭrevel is dressed in a uniform, but is rather portly and the uniform hangs in a messy manner which he tries to adjust.
As the story opens, in 1838, we see the very vain Celestin Crevel wearing a National Guard Uniform.
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