LucienneDelamareandPierreMauryarehavinganaffair.Lucienne'shusbandPaulisthemayor,andaFrenchdeputy.Pierre'swifeClotildehasbeenweakandsicklyforyears.Lucienne'shusbandholdsnoexcitementforher,andheisalwaysawayinParisonbusiness.Pierreisnowthevice-mayor,thankstoPaul.LucienneandPierrehaveasecretmeetingspotbyalakealongacountrylane.Pierre'swifediessuddenly,bysuicidethetowngossipsbelieve.PierreconfessesotherwisetoLucienne.Paulproposesashadylanddealwhichwillbenefitthetown,andwantsPierre'spoliticalsupportandcollusion.ThenPauldiscoversproofofhiswife'saffair...
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