The eyes of innocence

"The Eyes of Innocence" by Maurice Leblanc is a story set in the early 1900s about a girl named Gilberte, who is trying to figure out who she is after her mom passes away. She meets different people who change her life, like someone mysterious watching her and rich folks in her new town. The story starts with Gilberte and her mom showing up at a house in Dieppe, where she soon deals with the sadness of losing her mom. Now all alone, she gets caught up in friendships and secrets in the town of Domfront. As she gets used to her new life, she struggles with her past and what her mother kept hidden, all while attracting the attention of guys like the puzzling Guillaume de la Vaudraye, setting the stage for Gilberte's confusion, purity, and changing relationships that will determine what happens to her, making this sad story interesting.