The Belly of Paris

Why does La Belle Lisa not tell Quenu about the police waiting to arrest Florent?

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La Belle Lisa does not tell her husband that the police are waiting upstairs to arrest Florent as soon as he returns from the fish market. Lisa intentionally leaves Quenu in the dark because she knows that seeing his brother taken away for a second time will surely devastate her husband, who is known to be overly-emotional.