In which a woman, weighed down by years of separation and social confinement, walks the Riviera streets wrestling with a sudden shift in her life’s purpose and refrains from announcing her profound news among the uncomprehending company of acquaintances and former social sets. The narrative gently unveils her reflections on past choices, the elusive nature of happiness, and the stifling façades of respectability that colour her encounters amid the genteel yet weary circles of war-touched expatriates.