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Maternity 165
Learning the price Mme. Bernln has paid for
her wealth, we need not blame her for turning a
deaf ear to the entreaties of Lticie in behalf of
her sister. Neither can Lucle be held responsible
for her stupidity in keeping her sister in ignorance
until she was incapable of protecting herself when
the occasion demanded. Poor Annette, one of
the many offered up to the insatiable monster of
ignorance and social convention !
When Annette is informed of the result of
Mme. Bernin s visit, the girl grows hysterical,
and Lucle learns that her little sister is about to
become a mother. Under the pretext of love and
marriage young, pampered Jaques Bernln has
taken advantage of the girl s inexperience and in
nocence. In her despair Annette rushes out in
search of her lover, only to be repelled by him
in a vulgar and cruel manner. She then attempts
suicide by trying to throw herself under the train
which is to carry off her worthless seducer. She
is rescued by the faithful nurse Catherine, and
brought back to her anxious sister Lude. Ann
ette, in great excitement, relates:
Annette. You ll never guess what he said. He got
angry, and he began to abuse me. He said he guessed
what I was up to; that I wanted to make a scandal to
force him to marry me oh, he spared me nothing to
force him to marry me because he was rich. And when
that made me furious, he threatened to call the police!
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