“I’ve made a decision. I want to go live simply in a village. I want to meet a man who loves me for who I am, not for my money.”
“What madness! You should marry a rich, respected man.”
“No, Mother, I don’t want that. I want to choose my own path.”
Marie was a very beautiful woman, very rich, but she had no husband. She came from a very prestigious family in the city. Most of the men who gathered around her did so for her money. Always for her money.
