Son of the contractor who restored the Saint-Alba castle. Married to Hermine in a practical arrangement that Blanche and Hermine treat as a social misalliance. Provides a dowry for his sister-in-law Liliane and secretly supports her desire to choose her own career and spouse. His argument with Hermine over her vanity culminates in him slapping and spanking her, an act filmed and broadcast as a scandal.
Blanche is Lucien's mother-in-law and a source of daily class-based hostility.
Hermine is Lucien's wife, trapped in a class-divided marriage.
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