Chapter 8 - 8

Your small farmhouse is squat and unassuming, but you've been able to stock it with a few pieces of furniture: your bed, a small wardrobe, a table and two chairs. It is fairly unadorned overall, but at least you've been able to keep up on its maintenance.

On your way inside, you pass by your letterbox, marked by your name:

Do you have a nobiliary particle?

In recent centuries, many French families have adopted words like "de" or "du" before their names, to take on the appearance of nobility. There is no legal restriction on their use. However, these days, the trend of using overt noble signifiers has largely fallen out of fashion with the advent of the Revolution.

On official documents, your family name is listed as: