La Traviata reads and writes (chapters 25-27) Finale: The Truth and Margaret's Death

After Margaret's death, her maid gave Armand her diary, which contained the truth about her departure from Armand:

Armand's father, after unsuccessful communication with Armand, sent a separate letter to Margaret, asking him to separate Armand at a certain time, and the two met alone. Armand's father did not believe in their love at first, but as he saw Margaret's loyalty, he became calm.

He pleaded with Margaret to leave Armand, not just because he felt that their love was impulsive and would be regretted later. He also advised Margaret that in addition to Armand himself, he had a daughter, and that the marriage of this daughter might be disgraced by Margaret's name.

His earnest attitude evoked Margaret's "holy feelings," his desire to earn the respect of Armand's father, the respect she was sure would receive in the future, and she wrote in her diary: "All this evokes in my heart lofty thoughts which make me feel worthy of myself and which give me a sense of pride in holiness that I have never had before."

Margaret indulges in sex again and returns to her old life, waking up to find herself in Count N's bed as Count N's mistress. She spoiled her body even more, allowing her lung disease to worsen, just to be liberated in the human world as soon as possible.

Armand's revenge for abandoning himself against her broke her heart, but she understood better than anyone that Armand's revenge was because he loved her. In addition, she felt that "the more you torture me, the more noble I am in your eyes on the day you know the truth." ”

In the last stages of her life, she poured out her thoughts about Armand in her diary, and even when she was sick and could not write a diary, whether she was awake or in gibberish, she called Armand's name. She looked forward to seeing Armand again, and every time the door rang she wished Armand had come to visit her, but she was disappointed again and again.

In this way, in the double torture of body and spirit, Margaret passed away. Her last wish was for Armand to buy a souvenir at the auction of her property and remember herself. That's why, at the beginning of the novel, Armand comes to "me" to buy the book.

"I" accompanied Armand to his hometown and saw Armand's upright father and pure sister. "I," lamented, unaware of this happy maiden, "a prostitute who stayed away from her, sacrificing her own happiness just to preserve her surname." ”