Identifier: shortstoriesoftrv4maup (find matches)
Title: Short stories of the tragedy and comedy of life with a critical preface
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Maupassant, Guy de, 1850-1893
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Publisher: Akron, Ohio : St. Dunstan Society
Contributing Library: Brigham Young University Hawaii, Joseph F. Smith Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Consortium of Church Libraries and Archives

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THE ODALISQUE OF SENICHOU 9 She threw herself down on the cushions, and beganto smoke a long pipe, which a female slave handedto her on her knees. At a sign from her the eunuchs tied the wretched mans feet to the pole, by which the soles of the culprit were raised, and began the terrible punishment. Already at the tenth blow the merchant began to roar like a wild animal, but the wife whom he had betrayed remained unmoved, carelessly blowing the blue wreaths of smoke into the air. Resting on her lovely arm, she watched his features,which were distorted by pain, with merciless enjoyment. During the last blows he only groaned gently, and then he fainted. A year later the dealer was caught with his female merchandise by the police in an Austrian town and handed over to justice, when he made a full confession. By that means the parents of the Odalisque of Senichou heard of their daughters position. As they knew that she was happy and surrounded by luxury, they made no attempt to get her out of the Pa

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