The life work of Henri René Guy de Maupassant Volume 13; embracing romance, travel, comedy & verse, for the first time complete in English - Softcover
Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 Excerpt: ...several times, like citizen Pinard with his "Note his mention of her ankle. Gentlemen, think of it, her ankle!" And while your lawyer signs to you to keep quiet and maddens you all the more, you will have a vague feeling that following in pursuit of you are the police, the army, the whole force of public opinion, and that you are crushed and outnumbered. Then, perhaps, your heart will feel rising within it a hatred, the existence of which you had never suspected, coupled with plans of vengeance, which are immediately checked by a feeling of pride. But let me repeat, all this is impossible. You will not be prosecuted; you will not be condemned. There has been some blunder, some misunderstanding. The Chancellor will interfere. The glorious days of the Restoration have not yet returned. Yet who knows? Earth has its boundaries, but human stupidity is limitless. With sincere regards, I am Your old friend, Gustave Flaubert. THE WALL W Ide were the sashes thrown, the lighted room Poured forth its gleams of splendor on the gloom; Bright flashes played upon the grassy ground; The park below seemed answering to the sound Of pipe and viol, with a glad rebound. Charged with the scent of leaves and garnered croft, The tepid air of night, like breathing soft, Lingered around the shoulders of the fair, And blent the woodland and the desert air With beauty's magic fragrance; and the gleam Of tapers quivered in the scented stream. The breath of flowers from dappled meadows came Of flowers that decked the hair of many a dame. A chill gust murmured from the spangled sky, As if an odor of the stars came by. The ladies marked, seated on cushions soft, Silent and still, with liquid eye, how oft 13 G. de M.--10 ( I ) The curtain swelled, as loosened sails unfold, And dr...
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