Raymond

This chapter details Natalia Ilyinichna Tcherniak's first meeting with Raymond Sarraute in 1923 when he askedto borrow her lecture notes to catch up after being ill. It mentions their marriage eighteen months later, just immediately after sitting for their final exams. It also points out that unlike Nathalia, Raymond enjoyed legal study since his father was a lawyer, and he himself went on to become an avocat at the court of appeal. The chapter emphasizes how Natalia never used her father's name again after taking Raymond's surname on their marriage in 1925. It describes her transition from the Russian-born Natalia Tcherniak to an entirely French-sounding Nathalie Sarraute.