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This novel opens in the old town of Guerande which still enclosed by mighty walls and possesses moats still full of water. The houses have not changed and the streets are as they were one hundred years in the past. It is the family seat of the de Guenics. The old society of the town gather here to play cards and gossip, often about the younger generations. The son of the house, Calyste, is going to visit one of the main objects of this gossip and we learn of this persons past. While on this visit, Calyste hears of Beatrix de Rochefide who is coming to Guerande on a visit. "Beatrix" is an 1839 novel by French author Honore de Balzac and included in the "Scenes de la vie privee" section of his novel sequence "La Comedie humaine". Balzac based the characters in this novel on real figures: Felicite des Touches, a celebrated musician and writer, is based on George Sand. Beatrix de Rochefide is based on Marie dAgoult (who wrote under the pen name of Daniel Stern); Gennaro Conti is based on Franz Liszt; Claude Vignon is based on Gustave Planche.