She receives careful attention and is soon cured of the disease of maternity.

A month later she may be seen at the Tuileries, at the ball, at the opera; her child is at Chaillot, at Auxerre; her husband with another woman.

Then young men speak to her of love, of devotion, of sympathy, of all that is in the heart.

She takes one, draws him to her bosom; he dishonors her and returns to the Bourse.

She cries all night, but discovers that tears make her eyes red.