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...About six years ago, Mme Becker's husband died-she said of cancer-leaving a thriving lumberyard. She quickly ran the business into the ground, looked around for a new husband to support her. One M. Costadot. who was unfortunately a married man, struck her fancy. One evening, as they chatted pleasantly about a film they had just seen. Widow Becker brewed tea for Mme Costadot. She died...
...Widower Costadot lived with Widow Becker for a year, but could never make up his mind to marry her. When he turned her out she was hard up for cash, so she arranged to sell to a M. Guichner a dressmaking business, in which she had dabbled, for 10,000 francs. She did not tell him it had failed for 400,000 francs. When he objected, she brewed tea. He survived...
...Shortly afterwards. Widow Becker became acquainted with one Lambert Beyer, who, since he had both money and poor health, was most attractive to her. She became his nurse, cared for him (and for the 40,000 francs in securities which he habitually kept in his apartment) with great tenderness. He died...
...Fifty-four-year-old Julie Bossy fell ill, engaged Widow Becker as nurse, died...
...Catherine Becken Pairot made the mistake of lending Widow Becker some money, the much worse mistake of taking a meal with her. She died...