麻豆社

In the final part of three interlinked stories, Edouard visits the elderly Magdalena who is now in a hospital on the edge of Paris. Magdalena鈥檚 belief that she is his only true wife is unshakeable, especially now that his second wife, Juliette, is dead.

Canadian writer Mavis Gallant spent much of her life and career in France

Read by David Collins

Producer: Elisabeth Edwards

First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in April 2004.