Vanity, What is thy price? Vanity and Prinde Narrator: Madame Loise was pretty girl born into poor family. She had no expectation and she felt so trapped by her situation that she married a little clerkin agoverment office. Her tastes were simple because she had never been able to afford any other, but she was as unhappy as though she had married beneath her status; for women have no caste and class, their beauty, grace, and charm serving them for birth or family. She suffered endlessly, feeling herself born every delicacy and luxury. She suffered from the poorness of her house, from its bare walls, worn chairs, and ugly curtains. Scene 1 MONSIEUR LOISEL: Sweetheart, I have a surprise for you. MADAME LOISEL: Really, what is the surprise? MONSIEUR LOISEL: See for yourself. (He place the invitation on the table.) Swiftly she tears open the envelop and draws out a printed car and reads out. “The Minister and Madame Ramponneau request the pleasure of the company of Monsieur and Madam...