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Maternity 169
illegitimate births. It is to preserve the family that
society condemns the natural child.
Lucie. You say you want a larger number of births,
and at the same time you say to women :
"
No mother
hood without marriage, and no marriage without money."
As long as you ve not changed that, all your circulars will
be met with shouts of derision half from hate, half
from pity. ... If you drive Annette out, I shall go with
her.
Lucie and Annette go out into the world. As
middle-class girls they have been taught a little
of everything and not much of anything. They
try all kinds of work to enable them to make a
living, but though they toil hard and long hours,
they barely earn enough for a meager existence.
As long as Annette s condition is not noticeable,
life is bearable; but soon everybody remarks her
state. She and Lucie are driven from place to
place. In her despair Annette does what many
girls in her position have done before her and will
do after her so long as the Brignacs and their
morality are dominant. She visits a midwife, and
one more victim is added to the large number
slaughtered upon the altar of morality.
The last act is in the court room. Mme.
Thomas, the midwife, is on trial for criminal
abortion. With her are a number of women
whose names have been found on her register.
Bit by bit we learn the whole tragedy of each of
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