Looking at the wedding rings with Annette, Vidocq has to run away again. A few days later, a woman brings news of him to Annette - this woman is Louise Vidocq. When Vidocq realizes that his first wife neglected to also tell Annette that she had filed for divorce while he was in the bagne, he goes to see Annette, but she's gone. So Vidocq decides to get himself arrested to get her back. But he has to learn that the one time he wants to be arrested, it turns out to be much more difficult than he thought. And what's more, there's no news of Annette...