"The Smiling Madame Beudet" " First Chapter " "In the countryside..." "Behind the peaceful facades, souls... passions..." "Madame Beudet..." "Beudet" " Lebas Inc." "Mister Lebas and Mister Beudet, cloth merchant." "Mail time..." "A little dose of unexpected in the inexorable monotony of time..." "Dear Beudet, As arranged, I send you loge tickets for tonight, maybe you could bring your wife and your associate, Lebas." "Menard." "P.S." " They will play Faust." "'What, you don't want to see and listen to Faust?" "'" "Dreams..." "An easy and often repeated joke, very dear to Mr. Beudet:" "The Suicide Parody." "'Come on now...'" "'So, you don't want to come along?" "'" "'What an idiot, what a joke!" "...'" "'How can I do anything?" "..." "The bullets are here and the revolver there...'" "THE LOVERS' DEATH." "We'll have beds filled with soft perfumes" "Couches as deep as graves And strange flowers on the shelves." "'We'll have beds filled with soft perfumes.'" "'Couches as deep as graves.'" "'And strange flowers on the shelves.'" "Madame, would you allow me to go out with my fiancEtonight?" "'" "And always the same skyline..." "The Smiling Madame Beudet" " Second Chapter " "But..." "Obsession." "The next day." "Painful awakening." "Troubled sleep." "Every night's dreams..." "Remorse Downstairs, an untroubled conscience." "'Where did I put that receipt?" "'" "Gardens Under The Rain - ..." "'There you go, my friend, that's my wife!" "...'" "'Ah, my friend!" "Women, women!" "Do you know what they need?" "...'" "'A puppet is fragile, a little bit like a woman...'" "'Call Madame.'" "'You would deserve that more than me...'" "'You wanted to kill yourself like this?" "'" "'How could I live without you?" "'" "In the countryside." "In the peaceful streets, without horizon, under the low sky, together by habitude..."