Notre Coeur; or, A Woman's Pastime

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Guy de Maupassant. Notre Coeur; or, A Woman's Pastime

Notre Coeur; or, A Woman's Pastime

Table of Contents

ILLUSTRATIONS

GUY DE MAUPASSANT

INTRODUCTION

NOTRE CŒUR

CHAPTER I. THE INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER II "WILL YOU WALK INTO MY PARLOR?"

CHAPTER III. THE THORNS OF THE ROSE

CHAPTER IV. THE BENEFIT OF CHANGE OF SCENE

CHAPTER V. CONSPIRACY

CHAPTER VI. QUESTIONINGS

CHAPTER VII. DEPRESSION

CHAPTER VIII. NEW HOPES

CHAPTER IX. DISILLUSION

CHAPTER X. FLIGHT

CHAPTER XI. LONELINESS

CHAPTER XII. CONSOLATION

CHAPTER XIII. MARIOLLE COPIES MME DE BURNE

THE OLIVE GROVE

AND. OTHER TALES. THE OLIVE GROVE

II

REVENGE

AN OLD MAID

COMPLICATION

FORGIVENESS

THE WHITE WOLF

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Guy de Maupassant

A Novel

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His friends appreciated him, however, and were unanimous in extolling his merits, perhaps for the reason that they had little to fear from him in the way of competition. It was said of him that in every case he was reliable, a devoted friend, extremely agreeable in manner, and very sympathetic in his personality.

Tall of stature, wearing his black beard short upon the cheeks and trained down to a fine point upon the chin, with hair that was beginning to turn gray but curled very prettily, he looked one straight in the face with a pair of clear, brown, piercing eyes in which lurked a shade of distrust and hardness.

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