When everyone heard of this arrangement, their hate for Sandrine definitely grew. If you truly loved each other, how could you spend life apart? The arrangement was not something as simple as Sandrine living outside the village.
In fact, the arrangement was for Sandrine to go back to Paris while Marcel stayed in the village. When friends and family asked for reasons, Marcel said that Sandrine had to run her real estate business in Paris while Marcel had to stay and overlook his properties.