The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 2

"I am decidedly worth a big stake!"

It was in this fashion that Madame d'Ormonde, for the first and last time, deceived her husband; and it was at the fair at Saint Cloud, in a somnambulist's van.

1

Glass of Bavarian beer

2

La recherche de la paternité est interdite. A celebrated clause in the Code Napoleon, whereby a man cannot be made chargeable for a bastard. – TRANSLATOR.

3

Psychological Notes.

4

Title given to advocates in France. – TRANSLATOR.

5

That man with the dogs.

6

Executioner, hangman.

7

Vulgar for Monsieur.

8

Prison in Paris.

9

Work-girl, a name applied to those whose virtue is not too rigorous. – TRANSLATOR.

10

This manuscript was found among the papers of Viscount Jacques de X – who committed suicide a few years ago, in his room in an hotel at Piombières. – R.M.

11

Civil marriages are obligatory in France, though usually followed by the religious rite. – TRANSLATOR.