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A fast-living man named Charley Steele confronts the consequences of his foppish habits and strained marriage to Kathleen, while legal troubles, social gossip, and past secrets unfold across multiple episodes. The narrative traces a trial and its aftermath, discoveries and betrayals, the arrival of Rosalie, and a series of intrigues involving a tailor, a seigneur, clergy, and village characters. Episodes mix melodrama, mystery, and rural community life—featuring thefts, ambushes, warnings, and an eventual reckoning that tests loyalties and prompts moral choices—culminating in reversals, revelations, and the opening of a new path for several principal figures.
He had had acquaintances, but never friendships, and never loves
He has wheeled his nuptial bed into the street
He left his fellow-citizens very much alone
I am only myself when I am drunk
I should remember to forget it
Liquor makes me human
Nervous legs at a gallop
So say your prayers, believe all you can, don't ask questions
Was not civilisation a mistake
Who knows!