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Lise and Colas love each other, but her mother, Widow Simone, wants her to marry the wealthy Alain. After a storm separates Alain from the others, the lovers are briefly reunited in the farmhouse, where Colas hides in Lise's room. Alain finds them there and his father tears up the marriage contract. Simone accepts Lise and Colas, while Alain returns for his umbrella.
The Marquise separates Hortense and Arthur, who love one another, and arranges Hortense’s marriage to Vernillac. Her poisoning scheme kills Vernillac, and she later poisons her accomplice Galifard. Before the Marquise can permanently separate the lovers, Galifard exposes her crimes and she is taken to trial.
In 1582, Marguerite de Valois plots to help Isabelle, a Béarnaise countess, marry Baron de Mergy and return to Navarre. Their plans are threatened by Comminge, who expects to marry Isabelle. Isabelle and Mergy wed secretly during the festivities for Nicette and Girot. Mergy defeats Comminge in a duel, and the couple escape to Navarre with Cantarelli.
Corsican farmer Ludovic manages a farm owned by Francesca, who is preparing to marry her cousin Gregorio. Ludovic shoots Francesca, and though he is sentenced to death she recovers and realizes she loves him.
Pirate Zampa, formerly the Count of Monza, returns to the estate of merchant Lugano and demands Camille, Lugano’s daughter, as ransom. He declares himself engaged to the marble statue of Alice, the woman he once betrayed, and the statue repeatedly threatens him. Camille marries Zampa under duress; Alphonse discovers that Zampa is his long-lost brother and cannot kill him. As Zampa embraces Camille, Alice’s statue drags him to hell during an eruption of Etna.
Lise and Colas love each other, but her mother, Widow Simone, wants her to marry the wealthy Alain. After a storm separates Alain from the others, the lovers are briefly reunited in the farmhouse, where Colas hides in Lise's room. Alain finds them there and his father tears up the marriage contract. Simone accepts Lise and Colas, while Alain returns for his umbrella.
The Marquise separates Hortense and Arthur, who love one another, and arranges Hortense’s marriage to Vernillac. Her poisoning scheme kills Vernillac, and she later poisons her accomplice Galifard. Before the Marquise can permanently separate the lovers, Galifard exposes her crimes and she is taken to trial.
In 1582, Marguerite de Valois plots to help Isabelle, a Béarnaise countess, marry Baron de Mergy and return to Navarre. Their plans are threatened by Comminge, who expects to marry Isabelle. Isabelle and Mergy wed secretly during the festivities for Nicette and Girot. Mergy defeats Comminge in a duel, and the couple escape to Navarre with Cantarelli.
Corsican farmer Ludovic manages a farm owned by Francesca, who is preparing to marry her cousin Gregorio. Ludovic shoots Francesca, and though he is sentenced to death she recovers and realizes she loves him.
Pirate Zampa, formerly the Count of Monza, returns to the estate of merchant Lugano and demands Camille, Lugano’s daughter, as ransom. He declares himself engaged to the marble statue of Alice, the woman he once betrayed, and the statue repeatedly threatens him. Camille marries Zampa under duress; Alphonse discovers that Zampa is his long-lost brother and cannot kill him. As Zampa embraces Camille, Alice’s statue drags him to hell during an eruption of Etna.