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Quote #10
On one occasion, she came back in from the garden quite distraught, pointing to the spot where father and daughter had appeared to her, standing side by side, doing nothing, just looking at her. (3.79)
Death is not final in Madame Aubain's case. Not only is she constantly reminded of her dead husband, but she also starts to see his ghost along with Virginie's after she dies. She's unable to move past the two tragedies; her life is so completely defined by their deaths that she literally lives with their ghosts.