Late afternoon Madame Raquin and daughter-in-law, Thérèse, are folding laundry and discussing her son Camille's improved health and prospects.

On Sunday afternoon, after a walk along the banks of the Seine, Camille naps while Laurent and Thérèse profess their love.

In the struggle, Camille bites Laurent's neck, but is too weak to resist and is thrown overboard.

The Raquin family home - eleven months later Eleven months later, Laurent, considered a hero for "saving" Thérèse, works to secure Madame Raquin's blessing for their marriage.

Suzanne, Olivier, and Grivet support it and feel that Thérèse's misery can be relieved only by a good marriage.

Olivier and Grivet arrive and announce plans to serenade the happy couple.

From the street, they hear Olivier and Grivet's serenade joined by the voice of the ghost of Camille.

Five months later, while his friends are playing dominoes, Laurent complains about how difficult it has been caring for Madame, who is seated among them, paralyzed and mute.

Madame wakens suddenly and scrawls on a piece of paper, "Thérèse and Laurent are m ...." She loses strength and stops.

On the verge of insanity, Thérèse kneels before Madame, and confesses her affair with Laurent and begs for forgiveness.

Laurent enters and puts poison in a glass of wine, which he offers to Thérèse ...[10] Tobias Picker: Thérèse Raquin (Diana Soviero, Sara Fulgoni, Gordon Gietz, et al.; Dallas Opera; Conductor: Graeme Jenkins).