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Captain Beck billeted at Le Jardin from "The Nightingale". Captain Wolfgang Beck, a German officer, arrives at Le Jardin with a requisition order to billet there. Vianne has no choice but to accept.

June 1940

Captain Beck billeted at Le Jardin

Captain Wolfgang Beck, a German officer, arrives at Le Jardin with a requisition order to billet there. Vianne has no choice but to accept. Isabelle is openly hostile, cutting off her hair and handing it to him as a gesture of defiance. Beck remains polite but firm, creating a tense atmosphere in the house.