Amongst his acquaintances was a widow, living in the Rue Cuvier, near the Jardin des Plantes, whose deceased husband had been postmaster at Plassans, the seat of a sub-prefecture in the south of France.
Osasun betekoa aukeratu zuen, eder eta mardul, ondo baitzekien horrek bezeroa alaitzen duela eta komeni baino komeniago dela okela egosiak hobeto saltzeko.