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Madame de La Pérouse

The elderly wife of Monsieur de La Pérouse.

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Also known as La Pérouse, Madame de La Pérouse, old La Pérouse

First appearance: XIII: Edouard’s Journal: First Visit to La Pérouse

Madame de La Pérouse shows up with force in XIII: Edouard’s Journal: First Visit to La Pérouse. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Mentioned as being stone deaf and in a terrible state, causing strain in the household.
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In XIII: Edouard’s Journal: First Visit to La Pérouse: Mentioned as being stone deaf and in a terrible state, causing strain in the household. Later, in XVIII: Edouard’s Journal: Second Visit to La Pérouse: Opens the…

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  • Other

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  • Extended Family and Acquaintances
  • Vedel Pension Circle
  • Protagonist

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  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

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