Duo - Le Toutounier

In _Duo_ , Colette observes, with masterly astuteness and perception, two

characters whose marriage is foundering on the wife's infidelity. Acting out

the final crisis, Alice and Michel have the stage to themselves so that

nothing is allowed to distract from the marital dialogue. Le Toutounier

continues Alice's story after Michel's death and her move to Paris. There she

and her two sisters live in a shabby, homely apartment; fiercely independent,

reticent, and hard.