The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 4

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Guy de Maupassant. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 4

THE OLD MAID

THE AWAKENING

IN THE SPRING

THE JENNET

RUST

THE SUBSTITUTE

THE RELIC

THE MAN WITH THE BLUE EYES

ALLOUMA

I

II

A FAMILY AFFAIR

THE ODALISQUE OF SENICHOU

A GOOD MATCH

A FASHIONABLE WOMAN

THE CARNIVAL OF LOVE

A DEER PARK IN THE PROVINCES

THE WHITE LADY

CAUGHT

CHRISTMAS EVE

WORDS OF LOVE

A DIVORCE CASE

WHO KNOWS?

I

II

SIMON'S PAPA

PAUL'S MISTRESS

THE RABBIT

THE TWENTY-FIVE FRANCS OF THE MOTHER-SUPERIOR

THE VENUS OF BRANIZA

LA MORILLONNE

WAITER, A "BOCK"13

REGRET

THE PORT

PART I

PART II

THE HERMIT

THE ORDERLY

DUCHOUX

OLD AMABLE

PART I

PART II

PART III

MAGNETISM

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During the three years that she had been married, she had not left the Val de Ciré, where her husband possessed two cotton-mills. She led a quiet life, and although she had no children, she was quite happy in her house among the trees, which the work-people called the château.

Although Monsieur Vasseur was considerably older than she was, he was very kind. She loved him, and no guilty thought had ever entered her mind.

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"She did not speak for some moments, and I saw her start, as if she had forgotten that I was there, and then, in her eyes that were raised to mine, I saw that that moment had sufficed for her to be overcome by sleep, by irresistible, sudden, almost overwhelming sleep, like everything that lays hold of the mobile senses of women, and she answered, carelessly, suppressing a yawn:

"'Do you want to go sleep?'

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