
YoungRaymondFloriot,followinginhisfatherLouisFloriot'sprofessionalfootsteps,henowFrance'sattorneygeneral,hasjustpassedthebarexam.Raymond'sfirstcase,appointedtohimbythecourts,isamurdercase.HispitifulandpoorJaneDoeclient,whoreferstoherselfonlyasMadameX,admitstokillingthescoundrelofamannamedLaroque,butwon'tdisclosewhyorinturndefendherselfincourt.Raymondknowsnothingofherpast,whichincludesoncebeingawomanofclass,marriedtomanofprestige.Butthatmarriageendedbecausehetreatedherwithoutlove,whichresultedinherleavinghimforanotherman,whointurnpassedawayshortlythereafter.Herfirstmarriageproducedason,whoherhusbandrefusedtolethersee.Hersonneverknewshewasalive,hebeingtoldbyhisfatherthatshedied.TheconsequenceofhisactionleftMadameXonadownwardpathwheresheneverfoundlove.Now,inturn,shehopeshersilencewillprotecttheonethatshereallyloves,hewhodoesn'tevenknowaboutherselflesssacrifice.





