Wealthy Marriage Motive in Paris Opera Plot
In Paris a gambler declares he will win a fortune by a wealthy marriage. He targets Valerie, noting her beauty and rivals her suitors, and hints at falsified proof of a marriage and murder to force her consent. Valerie's fate hangs on his demand for her hand.
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Paris
Opera House
France
Mademoiselle
Valerie
Paris Fashionable Circle Watches a Singular Marriage
In Paris the elite talk of the marriage between Valerie, heiress to the Marquis de Cevennes, and Raymond Marolles a man of unknown lineage. The union divides the Faubourg as details swirl of legitimacy, family duty, and a stormy past at Normandy chateau. The ceremony at Madeleine is grand while Valerie remains cool and distant.
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Marquis de Cevennes
Faubourg St. Germain
Faubourg
Monsieur Raymond Marolles
Philip Egalité
de Faubourg
Monsieur Marolles
Chateau
Normandy
Valerie
France
Madeleine
Monsieur Maryues
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