Shepherdess of Ivry

Hortense Fauvel the wife of a village postmaster takes Aimée a young shepherdess under her wing Aimée soon becomes engaged to François the Fauvels loyal servant At a fête hosted by the Count of Granval Aimée gives her fiancé a knife telling him that he should kill her if ever she ceases to be faithful to him That same day the Count is planning to have an amorous liaison with Hortense but Aimée intervenes To save her mistress from a scandal Aimée tells the postmaster that it is she not Hortense who has been seeing the Count Disgraced Aimée is dismissed by the postmaster François contemplates his revenge and recalls what Aimée said to him