Chapter 10, Part 1 Summary

Claude has submitted his painting of the dead child and is waiting to see if this one will be accepted. Walking around, he runs into Fagerolles who is up for election to the Salon committee and he suggests he may be able to get the painting included in the Salon. They see Irma and Fagerolles says that she has a palace while he has nothing to sell but pictures. Inside Fagerolles small but well appointed mansion, Claude wonders if everything he sees is paid for. It is known that Naudet is getting top prices for Fagerolles's work. Fagerolles lives as though he will always be able to sell his paintings. Fagerolles's entry in this year's salon is an outdoor lunch scene, an idea that is directly attributable to Claude's influence. It turns out that Fagerolles is on Irma's beck and call...