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twentyfivedayswhiteThe summer of 1842.
Marguerite has been sent to the spa town of Bad Kreuznach to recover from her consumptive episode.
Besides meeting the duke, whose daughter she resembles and who adopts her as his own, she meets the peasant girl, Giselle, who lives in a village not far from the town where Marguerite is staying.
They fascinate one another and despite their obvious differences strike up a friendship where Marguerite on her daily walks in the forest meets with Giselle.
During this time, the two of them fall in love and, although Marguerite warns her that she will eventually have to return to Paris with the duke, they initiate a sexual relationship.
Marguerite gives Giselle a necklace to remember her by when she leaves, and after her return she writes Giselle and invites her to come join her in Paris, to work as her maid, seeing as her own has got pregnant and must leave her position.
Like that, Marguerite doesn’t meet Armand and Giselle doesn’t meet Albrecht, their lives better for it, and although Marguerite will eventually die, they have had each other truly and lovingly. Giselle gets to live and dance and not die of a broken heart, only of a worn one. Marguerite gets to not die alone.
Marguerite has been sent to the spa town of Bad Kreuznach to recover from her consumptive episode.
Besides meeting the duke, whose daughter she resembles and who adopts her as his own, she meets the peasant girl, Giselle, who lives in a village not far from the town where Marguerite is staying.
They fascinate one another and despite their obvious differences strike up a friendship where Marguerite on her daily walks in the forest meets with Giselle.
During this time, the two of them fall in love and, although Marguerite warns her that she will eventually have to return to Paris with the duke, they initiate a sexual relationship.
Marguerite gives Giselle a necklace to remember her by when she leaves, and after her return she writes Giselle and invites her to come join her in Paris, to work as her maid, seeing as her own has got pregnant and must leave her position.
Like that, Marguerite doesn’t meet Armand and Giselle doesn’t meet Albrecht, their lives better for it, and although Marguerite will eventually die, they have had each other truly and lovingly. Giselle gets to live and dance and not die of a broken heart, only of a worn one. Marguerite gets to not die alone.
