Fresh Water for Flowers

Violette remembers how she secured the cemetery job for them by claiming to visit Célia in an emergency. She meets with Sasha and the mayor, and Sasha begins training her for her new role and teaching her what to expect. They discuss Sasha’s plans for after he leaves.

Violette visits with a countess whose lover’s wife has just been buried. They discuss her life loving two men. Nono and Gaston arrive; Nono has a crush on the countess. She invites him to escort her out.

Entries from Irène’s diary show that her husband became progressively ill, eventually being diagnosed with cancer. She and Gabriel grow apart as Irène spends more time with her husband. One morning, a woman comes to Irène’s rose nursery to buy flowers; she reveals herself to be Gabriel’s wife. Irène’s husband’s health improves, and she does not hear from Gabriel again.