He walked back to his hometown half-naked, and before long got involved in daily romps with two girls from a local inn, and later took a fancy to an actress ten years his senior. The actress taught him makeup techniques, allowing him to disguise as the maid's sister and follow her to Lille, where for more than two weeks, they were inseparable right under the eyes of the actress's husband.
When Victor joined the army, he became even more uncontrollable.
Whenever the troops relocated, it didn't take long for Victor to find a new lover. Some married women would even secretly take money from their homes and give it to him, so he could pay other soldiers to stand guard for him, allowing him time to be with them. One maid even stole and sold goods from her employer just to buy him a gift every day.
