![]() ![]() Frantz begs Meaulnes to accompany him on a search for Valentine. The lovers marry, but their happiness is brief. François, however, reports that Yvonne is single and waiting for Meaulnes. In Paris he consults Valentine, who falsely informs the student of Yvonne's marriage and attempts to supplant her. The youths vow eternal friendship, and Meaulnes renews his quest for Yvonne. Meaulnes attempts in vain to find the castle and celebrants again, but by chance discovers Frantz, now a member of a traveling circus. The disconsolate Meaulnes returns to school and confides his loss to François Seurel, the schoolmaster's retiring son. ![]() Meaulnes immediately falls in love with Frantz's sister Yvonne, but the ball ends abruptly when Frantz attempts suicide after Valentine fails to appear. ![]() At the turn of the century in rural Sologne, 18-year-old Augustin Meaulnes unexpectedly comes upon an old chateau where a masquerade celebrating the betrothal of Frantz de Galais and Valentine Blondeau is in progress. ![]()
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