Milord Arsouille, 1st chapter, Nina, No. 1. In 1835, in Paris, everyone talked about the eccentricities of a great English lord, Lord Seymour, known as "Milord Arsouille" (Aime SIMON-GERARD). People spoke of a thousand eccetricities, so once he heated coins in a fireplace …. - Long live Milord Arsouille! Giuseppe Fieschi, an Italian living in Paris, whose occupation is unclear (DECOEUR). Madame Fieschi, paralyzed, is terrorized by her husband (Jeanne Marie-Laurent). Madame Fieschi had a daughter from her first marriage, Nina (Simonne VAUDRY). - Where are you going? - To buy groceries. - Remember Nina that I forbade you to speak with that little journalist who lives above! Jacques Montbrun, editor of the "Republican Monitor" (FLORESCO). The idyll of the young people deeply moved a neighbor, the ragpicker Aristide (YVONNEC). - Nina, I love you, I want to rescue you from the man for whom you are a scapegoat. - I cannot leave my sick mother alone. - I forbade you to speak to Nina! - You aren't going to annoy these kids are you? First of all, Nina is not your daughter! Watch more in No. 2.