Claire, Claude's mother, now dead

Page 122. 1. Une jeune fille moderne, Claude Harlé, an unidealistic and ambitious girl, rebukes her suitor Deschars, a platonic and idealistic lover. She wants love and marriage on a practical basis. Des- *^bar8 18 Dot rich enough ter her and though he is supported by Henri

de Puymaufray, her father, Claude prefers Deschars's rival, Montperrier, who has the approval of Dominique Harlé, her guardian.

2. les noces de Canà, the wedding feaat ai Cana, hère the topic or scène for some tableaux vivants which Claude is now rehearsing. .