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GuydeMaupassant
Shewasohoseprettyandggirlsborn,asthoughfatehadbluoafamilyofartisans.Shehadneportioions,nomeaingkood,loved,andweddedbyamahanddistindsheletherselfbemarriedofftoalittletheMinistryofEdu.
&esweresimplebecauseshehadoaffordasheyasthoughshehadmarriedbehher;forwomeeorclass,theirbeauty,gradcharmservingthemforbirthorfamily.Theirheirinstiheir,aretheironlymarkofrank,andputtheslumgirlohehighestladyintheland.
Shesufferedendlessly,feelingherselfbornforeverydelidluxury.Shesufferedfromthepoornessofherhouse,fromitsmeanwalls,wlys.Allthesethings,ofwhienofherclasswouldnoteveormentedahesightofthelittleBretongirlwhocametodotheworkilehousearousedheart-brretsandhopelessdreamsinhermind.Sheimagiechambers,heavywithorieries,litbytorloftybrowofallfootmeninknee-breechessleepinginlargearm-ebytheheavywarmthofthestove.Sheimagisaloonshungwithantiquesilks,exquisitepiecesoffuringprients,andsmall,g,perfumedrooms,createdjustforlittlepartiesofintimatefriends,menwhowerefamousandsoughtafter,whosehomagerousedeveryotheros;senviouslongings.
&downfordiheroundtablecoveredwithathree-day-oldcloth,oppositeherhusband,whotookthecoveroffthesoup-tureen,exgdelightedly,"Aha!Scotchbroth!Whatcouldbebetter?"sheimagiemeals,gleamiriespeoplingthewallswithfolkofapastageandstrangebirdsis;sheimagiefoodservedinmarvellousdishes,murmuredgallaehaninscrutablesmileasoherosyfleshoftrsus.
Shehadnoojewels,nothiheonlythingssheloved;shefeltthatshewasmadefortheShehadloocharm,tobedesired,tobewildlyattradsoughtafter.
Shehadarid,anoldschoolfriendwhomsherefusedtovisit,becauseshesufferedsokeeurnedhome.Sheholedays,withgrief,regret,despair,andmisery.
Oneeveningherhusbahaair,holdingalargeenvelopeinhishand.
"Here'ssomethingforyou."hesaid.
Swiftlyshetorethepaperaaprintedwhichwerethesewords:
&erofEduadameRampohepleasureoftheonsieurandMadameLoiselattheMinistryontheeveningofMonday,Jah.
Insteadofbeied,asherhusbandhoped,shefluiolyacrossthetable,murmuring:
"Whatdoyouwaodowiththis?"
&qu,Ithoughtyou'dbepleased.Yoout,andthisisagreato.Ihadtremendoustroubletogetit.Everyoso'sveryseledveryfewgotothep;apos;llseeallthereallybigpeoplethere."
Shelookedathimoutoffuriouseyes,andsaidimpatiently:"AndwhatdoyousupposeIamtowearatsuaffair?"
&thoughtaboutit;hestammered:
"Why,thedressyougotothetheatrein.Itlooksvery;
&opped,stupefiedaalosswhehiswifewasbeginningtocry.Twetearsranslowlydownfromtheersofhereyestowardstheouth.
"os;sthematterwithyou?os;sthematterwithyou?"hefaltered.
Butwithaviolesheovercamehergriefandrepliedinacalmvoigherwetcheeks:
"Nothing.OnlyIhaven'tadressandsoI'tgotiveyourinvitationtosomefriendofyoursillbeturhanIshall."
Hewasheart-broken.
"Lookhere,Mathilde,"hepersisted."Whatwouldbethecostofasuitabledress,whichyoucoulduseonotherosaswell,somethingverysimple?"
&forseveralseds,reguppridalsfeasumshecouldaskwithuponherselfaerefusalaionofhorrorfromthecareful-mindedclerk.
Atlastsherepliedwithsomehesitation:
"Idon'tkly,butIthinkIcoulddoitonfourhundredfrancs."
Hegrewslightlypale,forthiswasexactlytheamounthehadbeensavingfuogetalittleshootisummerontheplaihsomefrielark-shootingthereonSundays.
&helesshesaid,"Veryos;llgiveyoufourhundredfrancs.Buttryaareallyhemo;
&hepartydrewnear,andMadameLoiselseemedsad,uneasyandanxious.Herdresswasready,however.Oneeveningherhusbandsaidtoher:
"os;sthematterwithyou?You'vebeenveryoddforthelastthreedays."
"I'mutterlymiserableatnothaviasiowear,"shereplied."Ishalllookabsolutelynoone.Iwouldalmototheparty."
"Wearflowers,"hesaid."They'reverysmartatthistimeoftheyear.Fortenfrancsyoucouldgettweousroses."
&ced.
"No...there'snothingsohumiliatingaslookingpoorinthemiddleofalotofrien."
"Howstupidyouare!"exclaimedherhusband,"GoandseeMadameForestieraolendyousomejewels.Youkewellenoughforthat."
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