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The story in 10 parts

1. Key idea 1 · free to read

   A polite note begins a dangerous friendship

   The book opens with Philippe writing to Denise on a November day. He asks to call the next afternoon and bring the little volume of verse she wanted. He says he felt they had been friends for years, then adds that he distrusts such instincts.

   Denise answers within hours and says yes. She calls the evening where they met tedious, yet says it became so little tedious thanks to him.

   After the visit Philippe writes again, delighted that she consents to be simply a woman. In a postscript he wonders whether a hostess has guessed he loves her, though he has told no one.

   Denise cries out at once, like an honest player, telling him to look out. Three words in his letter frighten her, yet she still wants the friendship, which she thinks is the loveliest thing a man and a woman can grow. A friendship that names its own danger at the start has already begun to meet it.

2. 2

   Idleness is Philippe's creed and Denise sees through it

   Philippe defends laziness as wisdom.

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3. 3

   Small gifts and a New Year table bind them

   The book gives Denise a daughter, and Hélène changes the tone of every scene she enters.

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4. 4

   Denise tells the story of her marriage

   In April Denise finally tells Philippe her story.

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5. 5

   Nimerck brings a declaration and a refusal

   Philippe visits Nimerck in July, and the summer is soaked in Breton light.

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6. 6

   Fourteen months later they begin again

   The second book opens fourteen months after their first meeting.

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7. 7

   Daily visits and a closer summer tighten the knot

   Before the new year Philippe asks to visit Denise every day at five, and she agrees while warning of gossip.

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8. 8

   Denise composes while Philippe dreams of writing

   Denise is a composer.

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9. 9

   Denise's love breaks into the open

   In October Denise writes from Nimerck about a strange languor.

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10. 10

    The book asks what friendship is without love

    The central question is whether a man and a woman can be true friends.

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