The protagonist living unhappily in Argelouse. Deeply alienated after her daughter's birth, she secretly increases Bernard's medication dosage. Arrested for forging prescriptions, she is acquitted due to her father's influence and Bernard's perjury. She endures imprisonment before being released to Paris under strict marital conditions, unable to explain her motives.
Thérèse acts as an unwitting agent of family prejudice against Jean's romantic pursuit.
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