by accident he discovers she was not at the hairdresser when she was meant to be. he gradually grows more suspicious about the way she employs her time and asks a private investigator to follow her. the embarrassed detective duly reports that his wife sees a writer called victor pégala, at his home in neuilly-sur-seine, several times a week. hélène appears in bed with pégala, exchanging titbits about their respective lives. the writer is divorced with two children.