Jeanne Cordier

II

Mentioned as the passive, soft heroine of 'Une Vie,' whose lack of moral spring is highlighted.

At the Church Door

The wheelwright's wife, who shares in the grief and search for their lost son, and is present at the church reunion.

A Country Excursion

The daughter Henriette, who experiences a passionate encounter with Henri on the island and later marries the yellow-haired youth.

The Wolf

Not directly present; no character matches the lady who comments at the end.

The Awakening

The protagonist, a married woman who experiences a romantic awakening through a dream and struggles with desire and fidelity.

The Moustache

The narrator and letter-writer, who reflects on her husband's shaved moustache and its impact on her feelings.

The Little One

Monsieur Lemonnier's late wife, who died in childbirth and is remembered with adoration.

II

Cora (Céleste Coralie Cachelin), the young daughter, is the object of Lesable's attention and becomes his queen at the Twelfth Night cake ceremony.

Happiness

The woman who ran away with the soldier; she is revealed to be Suzanne de Sirmont.

Nerves

The daughter, Juliette, who was buried alive and later returned home.

The Dowry

The bride, Mlle. Jeanne Cordier, who marries Maître Lebrument and is abandoned in Paris after he takes her dowry.

The Little Soldier

The milkmaid who becomes romantically involved with Luc, leading to Jean's despair.

The Hairpin

The woman referred to as Jeanne de Limours, the object of the Frenchman's obsessive love and the cause of his ruin.

The Inn

Mother of the Hauser family; she gives detailed instructions before departing for Loëche.

I

The Comtesse de Mascaret, who defiantly reveals her secret revenge against her husband's tyranny.

II

The Comtesse de Mascaret, who waits anxiously for her husband, swears on her children's heads, and later comforts them. She receives a letter from her husband announcing his departure.

IV

Referred to as a potential child of uncertain paternity, but not directly present.