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Part 1, Violet Nosea

1930, Paris, France.

Paris was known internationally for being one of the world's

premier culture and intellectual focal points.

But foreigners didn't realize was how conservative it was.

Indeed, for the moneyed bourgeoisie, prestige, propriety, status, and respectability

were held up as values and representative of common aspirations for those who had not managed to ascend to such lofty positions.

One of the most horrific and grisly crimes committed in 20th century Paris occurred with these cultural mores as a backdrop.

The dark underbelly yielded a festering growth of deception and greed that manifested as parasite.

It was within those circles that Violet Nause emerged.

She was the only child of Jean-Baptiste and Germain,

and she was the nucleus of their universe.

They lavished all the attention and material comforts they were capable of giving her.

Jean-Baptiste was a railway engine driver,

while Germain was an overbearing but well-intentioned mother who doted on Violette.

They lived in what would have at the time been considered a modest but respectable apartment in the 12th arrondissement

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