# Jean Adet — Lord Tony’s Wife character guide

> Jean Adet in Lord Tony’s Wife by Baroness Orczy.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** old Jean Adet, Jean Adet the miller

**First appearance:** 0059-i-the-tiger-s-lair

## Who they are

Pierre Adet's father, an elderly miller loyal to the royalist cause.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/chapters/i)

Pierre's father, a miller who watches his son's radicalization with concern but remains silent.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/chapters/ii)

Pierre's father, the miller; his farm and barns are the setting for the revolt.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/chapters/iii)

The miller who tries to dissuade his son and the other peasants from their dangerous uprising.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/chapters/iv)

The old miller, seen with his son Pierre distributing weapons and inciting the peasants.

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/chapters/vi)

The miller is dragged from his home, imprisoned, and hanged as a hostage for his son Pierre, protesting his innocence.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/chapters/iv)

Mentioned as the miller hanged four years ago, whose execution fuels Martin-Roget's revenge.

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