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>>>>TheNecklace>>>>——GuydeMaupassant>>>>Shewasoneofthoseprettyandcharminggirlsborn,asthoughfate>>>>hadblunderedoverher,intoafamilyofartisans.Shehadnomarriageportion,>>>>no>>>>expectations,nomeansofgettingknown,understood,loved,andweddedbya>>>>manofwealthanddistinction;andsheletherselfbemarriedofftoalittleclerkin>>>>theMinistryofEducation.Hertastesweresimplebecauseshehadneverbeenable>>>>toaffordanyother,butshewasasunhappyasthoughshehadmarriedbeneath>>>>her;forwomenhavenocasteorclass,theirbeauty,grace,andcharmservingthemforbirthorfamily,theirnaturaldelicacy,theirinstinctiveelegance,>>>>their>>>>nimblenessofwit,aretheironlymarkofrank,andputtheslumgirlonalevelwiththehighestladyintheland.>>>>>>>>世上的漂亮动人的女子,每每像是由于命运的差错似地,出生在一个小职员的家庭;>>>>我们现在要说的这一个正是这样。她没有陪嫁的资产,没有希望,没有任何方法使得一个>>>>既有钱又有地位的人认识她,了解她,爱她,娶她;到末了,她将将就就和教育部的一个>>>>小科员结了婚。不能够讲求装饰,她是朴素的,但是不幸得像是一个降了等的女人;因为>>>>妇女们本没有阶级,没有门第之分,她们的美,她们的丰韵和她们的诱惑力就是供她们做>>>>出身和家世之用的。她们的天生的机警,出众的本能,柔顺的心灵,构成了她们唯一的等级,而且可以把民间的女子提得和最高的贵妇人一样高。>>>>>>>>Shesufferedendlessly,feelingherselfbornforeverydelicacyandluxury.Shesufferedfromthepoornessofherhouse,fromitsmeanwalls,wornchairs,and
>>>>>>>>uglycurtains.Allthesethings,ofwhichotherwomenofherclasswouldnoteven>>>>havebeenaware,tormentedandinsultedher.ThesightofthelittleBretongirlwho>>>>cametodotheworkinherlittlehousearousedheart-brokenregretsandhopelessdreamsinhermind.Sheimaginedsilentantechambers,heavywith>>>>Orientaltapestries,litbytorchesinloftybronzesockets,withtwotallfootmen>>>>in>>>>knee-breechessleepinginlargearm-chairs,overcomebytheheavywarmthofthestove.Sheimaginedvastsaloonshungwithantiquesilks,exquisitepieces>>>