Herve de Lanrivain-present (Kerfol)

Lanrivain is a friend of the narrator and the one that invites him to Brittany, to buy Kerfol.[1] He is of unknown age and lives in Brittany. It can be assumed that Lanrivain is quite wealthy. He owns an automobile, which he uses to drive to Quimper and dropping off the narrator near Kerfol.[2] Edith Wharton wrote "Kerfol" in 1916, a time when automobiles were still pretty rare and expensive.

Lanrivain must have known about the ghost dogs, but either forgot, or didn't want to tell him about them.[3]

He is the one, that gives the narrator the book of Anne's trial, and must have read it himself, since he warns the narrator that it might be spooky.[4]

Lanrivain is a descendent of the 17^th century Lanrivain and even shares his first name. Though, the narrator only refers to him as Lanrivain, Madame de Lanrivain refers to him as Herve.[5]

Lanrivain also owns paintings of both Anne de Barrigan[6], and of his ancestor, Herve de Lanrivain[7].

[1] Wharton, "Kerfol," 329.

[2] Ibid.

[3] Wharton, "Kerfol," 332.

[4] Ibid.

[5] Ibid.

[6] Wharton, "Kerfol," 333

[7] Wharton, "Kerfol," 340