Marie-Gabrielle de Saint-Eutrope, Vol I, (1977): pp 43

"Mon mari avait de mauvaises idees. A cause de cela, on le mit en prison. Seule, je crus bien faire en me refugiant chez mon beau-frere, un grigou d'aspect peu engageant. Il battait ma soeur toutes les semaines..."

"My husband had bad ideas. Because of this, he was put in prison. Alone, I thought I did well by taking refuge in my brother-in-law's house, a scrooge of a rather unattractive appearance. He beat my sister every week ... "

A page from volume 1 of the original Marie-Gabrielle de Saint-Eutrope. Marie Gabrielle is told the story of her new maid, Zulma (a gift from the Nuns of Sainte-Madeleine de la Rédemption), and of her sister, and their fate at the hands of her brother-in-law Matthieu. Zulma will be the heroine of Vol II and the author of Marie-Gabrielle's (sexy) downfall...

Marie-Gabrielle de Saint-Eutrope Vol I, published Editions Jacques Glénart, Grenoble, 1977, Page 43.

Pencil and ink on board
Board 33 cm x 49 cm
Image 28 cm x 40 cm