Le Passage de Vénus

Yesterday night Lazare Chantoiseau painted the town red This morning he wakes up with a very unsettling idea in mind he is sure to have stolen and raped a strange woman in the Luxembourg Gardens so he decides to give himself up On that occasion he gets to know his victim Hortense as well as her husband an astronomer Lazare realizes he is innocent which does not prevent from becoming Hortenses lover