While Eugénie Danglars and her companion Louise d'Armilly quietly escaped into the night, no one in the household noticed. Everyone was too wrapped up in their own problems to care.
The banker, Monsieur Danglars, sat alone staring at his mounting debts, bankruptcy looming like a death sentence. Meanwhile, his wife, the baroness, had been crushed by the evening's catastrophic events. After the scandal of her daughter's failed wedding, she did what she always did in a crisis. She went running to her lover, Lucien Debray.
The baroness had been counting on Eugénie's marriage for more than just her daughter's happiness. Truth be told, being a mother to someone like Eugénie was exhausting. The girl was sharp, perceptive, and judgmental, especially about her mother's affair with Debray.
