Camille'd

reference to a novel written in 1848 by Alexandre Dumas the younger (1824-1895). The heroine, Camille, is a beautiful courtesan who is part of the fashionable world of Paris. Scorning the wealthy Count de Varville who has offered to relieve her debts should she once more become his mistress, she escapes to the country with her penniless lover Armand Duval. Here Camille makes her great sacrifice. Giving Armand whom she truly loves the impression that she has tired of their life together, but actually at the request of his family, she returns to Paris. The tale concludes with the ultimate tragic reunion of Armand and Camille, who is dying of tuberculosis.