Section 15-Volume 3, Part 2, Section 4-Volume 3, Part 2, Section 7 Summary

When Richard goes to Dolly's to see Marie, she says she would rather stay there. She will not go to another home where they look at her with grief in their eyes because she did not do this to herself. At home, Richard holds a loaded gun to his temple and threatens to kill himself if his father does not find a way for him to marry Marie and bring her home tonight. Rudolphe suggests they go to Paris for a year until the rumors have abated, and when Richard brings her home an hour later, Rudolphe realizes that he already thinks of her as family. Christophe is supposed to go to Dolly's to confirm the wedding, but he does not go for days, causing her to grieve. Christophe cannot stop...