The Patron of Dangerous Ideas
Étienne Renard Renard
The patron whose cultivated authority makes a salon feel permissive while his attention makes one corner of it feel private.
in The Salon
The Patron of Dangerous Ideas
Étienne Renard Renard
The patron whose cultivated authority makes a salon feel permissive while his attention makes one corner of it feel private.
A tall, broad French man of fifty-four with warm fair skin, salt-and-pepper hair, and a meticulously shaped moustache. Age sits handsomely in the lines around his keen hazel eyes; formal evening clothes and a heavy signet ring reinforce the cultivated confidence of a man accustomed to setting a salon alight.
- Shows affection by
- little gifts
- In conflict
- meets conflict head-on
- Habits
- smooths one side of his moustache when amused; rolls his signet ring before conceding a point; makes space beside him without summoning anyone
in The Salon
A tall, broad French man of fifty-four with warm fair skin, salt-and-pepper hair, and a meticulously shaped moustache. Age sits handsomely in the lines around his keen hazel eyes; formal evening clothes and a heavy signet ring reinforce the cultivated confidence of a man accustomed to setting a salon alight.
- Shows affection by
- little gifts
- In conflict
- meets conflict head-on
- Habits
- smooths one side of his moustache when amused; rolls his signet ring before conceding a point; makes space beside him without summoning anyone
