Chapter 5 Summary

Convinced that Florent is up to no good, La Belle Lisa decides to consult with Father Roustan at Saint-Eustache, where she also sees Claire Méhudin. Lisa expresses her fears to the priest who tells her, "Decent people have that wonderful gift of always knowing how to do the right thing" (196). La Belle Normande happens to notice that La Belle Lisa had been in the church for over an hour.

The very next morning, La Belle Lisa once again sneaks into Florent's room, convinced of the rightness of her actions in attempting to uncover Florent's secrets. In a drawer among his papers, La Belle Lisa finds a photograph of La Belle Normande, which momentarily causes Lisa to forget about Florent and the revolution. La Belle Lisa takes her time and carefully scrutinizes the picture of Louise Méhudin. In the photograph, La Belle...