Boule de Suif

by

Guy de Maupassant

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Mr. Carré-Lamadon Character Analysis

Mr. Carré-Lamadon is a rich cotton merchant traveling to Havre in the carriage. With a beautiful young wife, plenty of money, and a few titles, he is perfectly comfortable financially and thus he is a supporter of the status quo. He is a member of the Legion of Honor, but this is an empty label, as he never fought in the war and he favors economic interests over patriotism. Mr. Carré-Lamadon has neither the grand superiority of the Count nor the brash honesty of Mr. Loiseau; like his financial standing, he sits right in the middle. In this way, Mr. Carré-Lamadon is not an antagonist in any scene in “Boule de Suif,” but he does go along with the other two married couples in their plan to convince Miss Rousset to sleep with the officer. His ineffectual presence symbolizes the complacency of the middle-class even as others suffer.

Mr. Carré-Lamadon Quotes in Boule de Suif

The Boule de Suif quotes below are all either spoken by Mr. Carré-Lamadon or refer to Mr. Carré-Lamadon. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Boule de Suif Quotes

The three men installed their wives at the back [of the carriage] and then followed them. Then the other forms, undecided and veiled, took in their turn the last places without exchanging a word.

Related Characters: Mr. Loiseau , Mrs. Loiseau, Mr. Carré-Lamadon, Mrs. Carré-Lamadon, Count Hubert de Bréville , Countess Hubert de Bréville
Page Number: 5
Explanation and Analysis:

These six persons formed the foundation of the carriage company, the society side, serene and strong, honest, established people, who had both religion and principle.

Related Characters: Mr. Loiseau , Mrs. Loiseau, Mr. Carré-Lamadon, Mrs. Carré-Lamadon, Count Hubert de Bréville , Countess Hubert de Bréville
Page Number: 6
Explanation and Analysis:

They found themselves in a square […] where they perceived some Prussian soldiers. The first one they saw was paring potatoes. The second, further off, was cleaning the hairdresser’s shop. Another, bearded to the eyes, was tending a troublesome brat, cradling it and trying to appease it […]. One of them was even washing the linen of his hostess, an impotent old grandmother […]. Loiseau had a joke for the occasion: “They will repopulate the land!”

Related Characters: Mr. Loiseau (speaker), Mr. Carré-Lamadon, Count Hubert de Bréville
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Page Number: 17
Explanation and Analysis:

The three men mounted the staircase and were introduced to the best room of the inn, where the officer received them, stretched out in an armchair, his feet on the mantelpiece, smoking a long, porcelain pipe, and enveloped in a flamboyant dressing-gown, appropriated, without doubt, from some dwelling belonging to a common citizen of bad taste. He did not rise, nor greet them in any way, not even looking at them.

Related Characters: Mr. Loiseau , Mr. Carré-Lamadon, Count Hubert de Bréville , The German Commander
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Page Number: 19
Explanation and Analysis:

The breakfast was very doleful; and it became apparent that a coldness had arisen toward Ball-of-Fat, and that the night, which brings counsel, had slightly modified their judgements. They almost wished now that the Prussian has secretly found this girl, in order to give her companions a pleasant surprise in the morning. What could be more simple? Besides, who would know anything about it? She could save appearances by telling the officer that she took pity on their distress. To her, it would make little difference!

Related Characters: Miss Elizabeth Rousset (Ball-of-Fat), Mr. Loiseau , Mrs. Loiseau, Mr. Carré-Lamadon, Mrs. Carré-Lamadon, Count Hubert de Bréville , Countess Hubert de Bréville
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Page Number: 21
Explanation and Analysis:
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Mr. Carré-Lamadon Quotes in Boule de Suif

The Boule de Suif quotes below are all either spoken by Mr. Carré-Lamadon or refer to Mr. Carré-Lamadon. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Boule de Suif Quotes

The three men installed their wives at the back [of the carriage] and then followed them. Then the other forms, undecided and veiled, took in their turn the last places without exchanging a word.

Related Characters: Mr. Loiseau , Mrs. Loiseau, Mr. Carré-Lamadon, Mrs. Carré-Lamadon, Count Hubert de Bréville , Countess Hubert de Bréville
Page Number: 5
Explanation and Analysis:

These six persons formed the foundation of the carriage company, the society side, serene and strong, honest, established people, who had both religion and principle.

Related Characters: Mr. Loiseau , Mrs. Loiseau, Mr. Carré-Lamadon, Mrs. Carré-Lamadon, Count Hubert de Bréville , Countess Hubert de Bréville
Page Number: 6
Explanation and Analysis:

They found themselves in a square […] where they perceived some Prussian soldiers. The first one they saw was paring potatoes. The second, further off, was cleaning the hairdresser’s shop. Another, bearded to the eyes, was tending a troublesome brat, cradling it and trying to appease it […]. One of them was even washing the linen of his hostess, an impotent old grandmother […]. Loiseau had a joke for the occasion: “They will repopulate the land!”

Related Characters: Mr. Loiseau (speaker), Mr. Carré-Lamadon, Count Hubert de Bréville
Related Literary Devices:
Page Number: 17
Explanation and Analysis:

The three men mounted the staircase and were introduced to the best room of the inn, where the officer received them, stretched out in an armchair, his feet on the mantelpiece, smoking a long, porcelain pipe, and enveloped in a flamboyant dressing-gown, appropriated, without doubt, from some dwelling belonging to a common citizen of bad taste. He did not rise, nor greet them in any way, not even looking at them.

Related Characters: Mr. Loiseau , Mr. Carré-Lamadon, Count Hubert de Bréville , The German Commander
Related Literary Devices:
Page Number: 19
Explanation and Analysis:

The breakfast was very doleful; and it became apparent that a coldness had arisen toward Ball-of-Fat, and that the night, which brings counsel, had slightly modified their judgements. They almost wished now that the Prussian has secretly found this girl, in order to give her companions a pleasant surprise in the morning. What could be more simple? Besides, who would know anything about it? She could save appearances by telling the officer that she took pity on their distress. To her, it would make little difference!

Related Characters: Miss Elizabeth Rousset (Ball-of-Fat), Mr. Loiseau , Mrs. Loiseau, Mr. Carré-Lamadon, Mrs. Carré-Lamadon, Count Hubert de Bréville , Countess Hubert de Bréville
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Page Number: 21
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