In the story "Désirée's Baby," we meet Désirée and Madame Valmonde. Madame Valmonde is a kind woman who has no children. However, one day, she finds a baby abandoned at the gate of her husband's plantation in Louisiana. Her kindness leads her to adopt this baby and raise her as her own. She names the baby Désirée. She believes the arrival of this child to be an act of Providence and loves her deeply.
