Beautiful Friend - Translation, Classics Library 009

Author: Guy de Maupassant
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Publish Date: 2006-08-01
Features: The gatekeepers were all bare-chested, sitting astride chairs with wheat straw cushions, smoking pipes under the archway of the gate. The passersby were bare-headed, holding their hats in their hands, shuffling along with listless steps. George Duroy reached the avenue, then stopped, undecided about what to do next. He had intended to seek some relief from the heat in the shade of the Champs-élysées and the Boulogne woods, but another desire also drew him, the hope of encountering some romantic adventure. How would this adventure come about? He himself couldn’t quite say, but for three months he had been waiting for it day and night. Although his handsome face and charming demeanor had occasionally led him to enjoy some fleeting moments of love, he always longed for more and something better...