. Short stories of the tragedy and comedy of life with a critical preface . hat my client is more entitledthan any woman whatever to claim a divorce, in viewof the exceptional circumstances in which the dis-ordered senses of her husband have placed her. LA MORILLONNE HEY called her **La Morillonne,*not only on account of her blackhair and of a complexion whichresembled autumnal leaves, but be-cause of her thick purple lips whichwere Hke blackberries, when shecurled them. That she should be as dark as thisin a district where everybody was fair,and born of parents who had low-coloredhair and but
. Short stories of the tragedy and comedy of life with a critical preface . hat my client is more entitledthan any woman whatever to claim a divorce, in viewof the exceptional circumstances in which the dis-ordered senses of her husband have placed her. LA MORILLONNE HEY called her **La Morillonne,*not only on account of her blackhair and of a complexion whichresembled autumnal leaves, but be-cause of her thick purple lips whichwere Hke blackberries, when shecurled them. That she should be as dark as thisin a district where everybody was fair,and born of parents who had low-coloredhair and butter-like complexions was one ofthe mysteries of atavism. A female ancestormust have had intimacy with one of thosetraveling tinkers who have gone about the countryfrom time immemorial, with faces the color of bisterand indigo, crowned by a wisp of light hair. From that ancestor she derived not only her darkcomplexion, but also her dark soul and her deceitfuleyes, whose depths were at times illuminated byflashes of every vice, the eyes of an obstinate andmalicious *A sort ol black grape.—Editor. ( 202 ) LA MORILLONNE 203 Handsome ? Certainly not, nor even pretty. Ugly,with an absolute ugliness! Such a false look! Hernose was flat, having been smashed by a blow,while her unwholesome-looking mouth was alwaysslobbering with greediness, or uttering something hair was thick and untidy, a regular nest forvermin, and she had a thin, feverish body, with alimping walk. In short, she was a perfect monster,and yet all the young men of the neighborhood hadmade love to her, and whoever had been so honoredlonged for her society again. From the time that she was twelve, she had beenthe mistress of every fellow in the village. She hadcorrupted boys of her own age in every conceivablemanner and place. Young men at the risk of imprisonment, and evensteady, old, notable, and venerable men, such as thefirmer at Eclausiaux, Monsieur Martin, the ex-mayor,and other highly respectab
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