Sažetak djela Bel Ami (Chapter 5)

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1. Dissatisfied with his position, Duroy visits Mme. de Marelle, wins Laurine’s affection, and joins a restaurant dinner with the Forestiers.
2. After dinner, he forces an embrace on Mme. de Marelle; she initially resists, then yields, and invites him to lunch.
3. Their affair begins, Laurine names him Bel-Ami, and Clotilde rents private rooms after neighbors insult her at his building.
4. Outings exhaust Duroy’s money; he invents a story about helping his father, and Clotilde secretly slips money into his pocket.
5. Duroy spends her gifts while treating them as loans, then reluctantly takes her to the Folies-Bergeres.
6. Rachel publicly demands recognition; Clotilde flees, accuses Duroy of giving Rachel her money, and leaves him amid a crowd’s jeers.

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Clotilde connects Duroy’s financial dependence with her sense of betrayal. Her accusation does not establish that he actually gives Rachel this money.

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