Dudevant

As an upshot, Sandeau followed Dudevant, de Seze, Grandsaigne, and the rest into the limbo of George Sand's discarded lovers; where he was soon to be joined by many another and far greater man.

By her marriage with Dudevant, she had had a son and a daughter.

He was Casimir Dudevant, a man she liked well enough and who was mildly fond of her.

He entered the crowded salon and was forthwith presented to the guest of honor, a swarthy and strange-looking woman—the premiere novelist, Madame Dudevant—George Sand.

Seeking to win her interest, in a literary discussion, he opened one conversation by inquiring: "Madame Dudevant, what is your favorite novel?"