When Lady Danet's husband is found dead, she and her friend Janine insist that he committed suicide, but the police suspect murder.

When the abusive Leon Bourzat is murdered, suspicion falls on his wife and daughter. Emilie has worshipped her husband for years and been treated as a drudge in return. When she is accused of her murder, her refusal to justify her action seems strange, particularly as she will think of her husband as an "angel."