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
Jacques de Fleurville
Le frère d'Arlette
Arlette
Ulysse
Telcide
Rosalie Davernis
Marie
Jeanne