Short stories of the tragedy and comedy of life with a critical preface . very richfamily; in short, in the fullest sense of the word, sheis *a good match. AN ARTIFICE HE old doctor and his young pa-tient were talking by the sideof the fire. There was nothingreally the matter with her, exceptthat she had one of those little femi-nine ailments from which prettywomen frequently suffer—slight ance-mia, nervous attack, and a suspicionof fatigue, probably of that fatigue fromwhich newly-married people often sufferat the end of the first month of their mar-ried life, when they have made a lovematch.
Short stories of the tragedy and comedy of life with a critical preface . very richfamily; in short, in the fullest sense of the word, sheis *a good match. AN ARTIFICE HE old doctor and his young pa-tient were talking by the sideof the fire. There was nothingreally the matter with her, exceptthat she had one of those little femi-nine ailments from which prettywomen frequently suffer—slight ance-mia, nervous attack, and a suspicionof fatigue, probably of that fatigue fromwhich newly-married people often sufferat the end of the first month of their mar-ried life, when they have made a was lying on the couch and talking,No, doctor, she said; 1 shall never be able tounderstand a woman deceiving her husband. Evenallowing that she does not love him, that she paysno heed to her vows and promises, how can she giveherself to another man ? How can she conceal theintrigue from other peoples eyes ? How can it bepossible to love amid lies and The doctor smiled, and replied: It is perfectlyeasy, and I can assure you that a .woman does, not (n5). n6 WORKS OF GUY DE MAUPASSANT think of all those little subtle details, when she hasmade up her mind to go astray. 1 even feel certainthat no woman is ripe for true love until she haspassed through all the promiscuousness and all theirksomeness of married life, which, according to anillustrious man, is nothing but an exchange of ill-tempered words by day and perfunctory caresses atnight. Nothing is more true, for no woman can lovepassionately until after she has married. As for dissimulation, all women have plentyof it on hand on such occasions. The simplest ofthem are wonderful tacticians, and extricate them-selves from the greatest dilemmas in an extraordinaryway. The young woman, however, seemed , doctor, she said; one never thinks, untilafter it has happened, of what one ought to havedone in a dangerous affair, and women are certainlymore liable than men to lose their head on such oc-casions. Th
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