Adele was a Creole woman who was devoted to her husband. Adele and her husband "...understood each other perfectly." If ever the fusion of two human beings into one has been accomplished on this there it was surely in their union"(93). Adele was a "mother-woman" because she wanted children every two years. She had already had three children and the forth was on its way. All Adele would think about all day long would be her children. If any of her children were to have hurt themselves, they would come crying to her and she would make them all better. Adele would always be sewing clothes for her children and talking about them. Sometimes she would wonder if she should leave the children behind and go somewhere with Edna. Adele was Creole so