Tante Million

Chapter 32: TABLE DES MATIÈRES

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An imperious elderly heiress convalescing in her ornate home presides over a rigid weekly routine while relying on a long-suffering companion and attentive servants. Relatives, patrons, and acquaintances circulate through salons and visits whose polite attentions quickly reveal self-interest, prompting the hostess to suspect designs on her fortune and to make ominous hints about her unsettled testament. Episodes of pettiness, greed, and performative charity expose social hypocrisy and the friction between autonomy in old age and dependence on household hierarchies. The narrative uses closely observed domestic scenes and sharp characterization to blend comic portraiture with satirical critique of manners and familial ambition.

TABLE DES MATIÈRES

		Pages.
Tante Million		1
I.	— Le lunch orageux	5
II.	— Qui va à la chasse perd sa place	12
III.	— Rouge perd !	19
IV.	— A la rescousse	26
V.	— Les grandes idées de M. Colembert	33
VI.	— La partie en mer	41
VII.	— Nouvelles tribulations	48
VIII.	— Un nouveau visage	55
IX.	— Rentrée	62
X.	— Des parents pauvres	69
XI.	— Les Vertbois disposent	77
XII.	— Chez M^e Miraton	85
Le cri de la vie		93
La bague au doigt		103
Dominical		113
Le ressort caché		121
Le masque brisé		131
L’épreuve		141
L’esclave		149
Quelqu’un passe		157
La gardienne		165
Pour se cacher		175
La victime		185
Par ici, la sortie !		193
La montre		203
Le jour et la nuit		215
Lettre trouvée		223
Pour passer le temps		231
Devant la mer		237

E. GREVIN — IMPRIMERIE DE LAGNY — 6-1925.