It was then that his wife, Theresa, became very fond of the child, and obtained permission to take her to Paris, where she could be taught the trade of making flowers.
Three months later her husband died, and she herself, being delicate in health, was obliged to leave the city and to go to her brother's, the tanner Rabier, who was settled at Beaumont.

She, alas! died in the early days of December, and confided to her sister-in-law the little girl, who since that time had been injured, beaten, and, in short, suffered martyrdom.
"The Rabiers ?" said Hubert.

"The Rabiers?
Yes, yes! They are tanners on the banks of the Ligneul, in the lower town.

The husband is lame, and the wife is a noted scold." "They treated me as if I came from the gutter," continued Angelique, revolted and enraged in her mortified pride.

"They said the river was the best place for me.