Max du Veuzit 
The heart of ivory 

Monique Somesnil finds herself in a teaching position with Jack Saint-Angel, whose sister, little Maë, is crippled and requires attentive care. A spontaneous sympathy was born between Monique and Maë who, on the contrary, felt an instinctive hostility towards her brother’s future wife, Yvonne Le Kervec. Monique’s efforts to overcome Maê’s aversion to the one she assumes to be nothing more than an intriguing woman are in vain, which provokes Jack’s anger; he makes harsh accusations against Mo-nique: ‘You have surely represented to him in the guise of a stepmother a person I want to bring into my life, ‘ he tells him, furious.

To these unjustified reproaches will be added an insult from Yvonne towards her that Monique cannot forgive. She prefers to leave, to stay away forever from Jack whom she loves in secret. ‘My beautiful dream is over, ‘ she repeats herself. But one day….

A propos de l’auteur

Max du Veuzit est le nom de plume de Alphonsine Zéphirine Vavasseur, née au Petit-Quevilly le 29 octobre 1876 et morte à Bois-Colombes le 15 avril 1952. Elle est un écrivain de langue française, auteur de nombreux romans sentimentaux à grand succès.