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Originally Posted by Lynnie
While posting in the Frankie thread, I started wondering something. How exactly did Madame F get acquire the title "Madame"? I think we all know what the title usually refers to, and we know just as well that that's not how she got the title. There's also the title "Madame of the house", which is where I see her getting the title. But when do you think she was first referred to that? Mr. H calls her simply "Madame", and I wonder if she had him call her that since her childhood. Or maybe he started calling her that once she started her charity and the IFs in her care are who came up with the title. 
Along with those ponderings, I'm also wondering, would her husband perhaps have held the title "Master Foster"? As in "Master of the house"? Makes sense to me, but there's so many possibilities. So many questions and so few answers... |
Well, in French the title "Madam" is basically the equivilent of the English "Mrs". In English, to my understanding, it can simply be used as a term of respect when addressing an older woman. As for Mr. H, I can see him addressing her as a youngster much as he addresses Frankie now - that is, "Miss" followed by whatever her first name happens to be.