La baronne de Barthèle attend son vieil ami et amant le comte de Montgiroux, pair de France. Son fils Maurice, marié à la nièce du comte, se meurt de fièvre cérébrale. Sur la suggestion du médecin de Maurice, la baronne a accepté de faire venir à son château Mme Ducoudray qui pourrait apaiser la fièvre du mourant. À son arrivée, la dame apprend le but de sa visite, sauver Maurice – Maurice, prénom qui ne lui est pas inconnu. Le comte découvre lui que Mme Ducoudray n’autre que Fernande, la courtisane qu’il a pris pour maîtresse.
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Alexandre Dumas, père (French for ‘father’, akin to Senior in English), born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, was a French writer, best known for his numerous historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, The Man in the Iron Mask, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne were serialized. Dumas also wrote plays and magazine articles, and was a prolific correspondent.
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