Arlette and her brother are penniless orphans; as the man is to leave for Africa to work for a long time, the young girl is forced to live with her cousins, four spinsters, who place virtue over everything.
Dutoir
Rosalie Davernis
Ulysse
Jeanne
Telcide
Arlette
Jacques de Fleurville
Marie
Le frère d'Arlette