Each week, Madame Raquin’s old friend Michaud-who used to work for the police-comes with his son, Olivier (who currently works for the police) and Olivier’s wife, Suzanne. She particularly hates it when Camille and Madame Raquin host friends every Thursday night to play dominoes. It isn’t long before Camille finds a job and settles into his new life, but Thérèse is still unhappy. However, Camille doesn’t mind: he dreams of working in a large office and plans to spend most of his time there. Both Camille and Thérèse are disappointed by the store and the apartment above it, which is where they’ll live. The store Madame Raquin finds is in a depressing alleyway, but she doesn’t care because it was cheap-so cheap that she hardly has to dip into her savings. In this way, she’s able to financially help Camille and Thérèse while also keeping them in her life. Madame Raquin has sold her haberdashery but decides to open a new store in Paris. Shortly after the wedding, Camille announces that he wants to move to Paris. But she knew that was impossible: Madame Raquin expected her and Camille to marry. Thérèse slept in the same bed as her cousin, and though she adopted a passive attitude, she yearned for a more exciting life. Because Camille was always sick, Madame Raquin doted on him. Thérèse thus grew up alongside Camille outside of Paris, where Madame Raquin owned a haberdashery. Her father took her to Madame Raquin shortly after her mother died. Thérèse has lived with her aunt, Madame Raquin, and cousin, Camille, since she was two years old.
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