Chapter 17-resumé af Bel Ami

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1. After his divorce, Georges uses a country outing to declare love to Suzanne and arrange a midnight escape.
2. Suzanne demands the marriage, faces her parents' refusal, and joins Georges in a cab at the agreed meeting place.
3. Discovering Suzanne's absence, M. Walter insists marriage is necessary to prevent scandal, despite his wife's fierce resistance.
4. Mme. Walter seeks comfort before a painting, sees its resemblance to Bel-Ami, and faints while imagining him with Suzanne.
5. M. Walter conceals the disappearance from the servants and answers Georges's prepared letter with consent to the marriage.
6. Georges and Suzanne spend a chaste week at La Roche-Guyon before he announces their return to Paris.

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Walter identifies the pressure that makes Georges's plan effective. His concern about reputation turns parental refusal into consent.

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