Mademoiselle de La Seiglière

The Marquis de la Seiglière returns to France once the Revolution is over His possessions which had been sold as material properties had been purchased by Stamply a farmer The latter restores them to the Marquis who decides to allocate old Stamply with the use of a corner of his manor Hélène de la Seiglière the Marquiss daughter takes care of the old man But this one devastated by death of his son buried under the ice of the Berezina dies Some time later three persons come to live in the manor M de Paubert his son Raoul and Destournelles a crafty ruthlessly ambitious lawyer De Paubert hopes to marry his son to Hélène de la Seiglière and might well achieve his aim but for the unexpected return of Bernard Stamply who has escaped death miraculously He gets to know Helène and the two young people fall in love with each other