Mme. Daste

A socialite who makes her first appearance in the Bois de Boulogne with her “famous black steppers”. Her luxurious lifestyle was paid for by her lovers-along with many other women in society whose “prices were quoted in high society the way shares of stock are quoted on the Bourse”. She played the character of Cupid in the costume ball held at Saccard's mansion and appears with the rest of society in the final scene in the Bois de Boulogne.