The Hidden Woman: An Introduction

Abstract

A man dressed in a hooded domino watches the dancers at a masked ball, not daring to remove his cumbersome disguise because he has lied in order to attend the ball alone. He recalls the conversation with his wife the night before. As a doctor he has been able to pretext an urgent visit to a sick patient to explain his inability to accompany Irene to the Opera Ball, and she has refused, with fastidious horror, the idea of going without him.