Carigliano

La Maison Du Chat-qui-pelote - Plot
... Théodore instead finds a kindred soul in the Duchesse de Carigliano, to whom he gives the famous portrait of Augustine and to whom he becomes hopelessly attached, neglecting his rooms on ... to the duchess, Augustine visits Madame de Carigliano not to ask her to give her back her husband's heart but to learn the arts by which it has been captured ... Augustine is shocked to learn that Madame de Carigliano sees marriage as a form of warfare ...