Thank you for bringing us Maupassant, @nancybriti; undoubtedly one of the relevant French 19th century storytellers and the best universal storytellers. Heir to that psychological realism that had been introduced into the French narrative of the time, particularly by Flaubert (the author of Madame Bovary), he was able to treat with a fine irony the relations between the typical protagonists of the social sectors of his time (especially the so-called "petty bourgeoisie"), a vision that, as with the great writers, even serves us to interpret our current realities. The tale shows a certain detachment of the author from marriage as an institution.
Good post, as are usually the ones you give us through @adsaclty's blog.