Edna’s marriage is not a happy one, like that of her friend Adele. Before her awakening she merely goes through the motions in her dreamy stupor; however, afterwards she openly defies Leoncé. She refuses to go inside the house, she cancels her calling times so she may do as she wishes, she associates with company that is less than desirable, and she moves out of their mansion into the pigeon house. All the while Leoncé does not care about her, but rather as her as one of his beautiful possessions. He fears that she will soil his name in society, and therefore ruin his economic ventures. Truly, neither one of them married for love. Leoncé is not a horrible man, but a product of society and the times. There is no romantic love between the two, but more like a business partnership which is very fitting for Leoncé.



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