Her face, however, preserved an expression of childish gentleness as she put out her plump hands, insisting she wouldn't even harm a fly.
She began to tell Coupeau about her childhood at Plassans.

She had never cared overmuch for men; they had always bored her.

She was fourteen when she got involved with Lantier.

She had thought it was nice because he said he was her husband and she had enjoyed playing a housewife.

She was too soft-hearted and too weak.