When Armand rejected Desiree, were his actions deliberate or was he ignorant of what she might do?When Armand rejected her, did he know she would...

There is not enough evidence in the story to suggest that
Armand would drive his wife to suicide knowingly, but there is enough evidence to
suggest that he was quite careless about what she and her child would do, even if it
would involve death. What this means is that he cared so little about them that whether
they were dead or alive, as long as they were out of his life, he was
agreeable.

However, it would be too easy to declare that he
would be ignorant of how much pain he would cause, and how much he was taking away from
her. This being said, Armand's selfishness would stop at nothing, and he did intend to
inflict pain due to his inner anger. Yet, its not too arguable that he wanted her to
kill herself.