He was not happy, but sad, disappointed, full of bitterness.A Normandy Joke by Guy de Maupassant
She used to lock him in, every now and then, as a punishment for some serious fault, and then the whole household was upset.A Normandy Joke by Guy de Maupassant
She thought of a thousand tricks, cried in turn, and then got into such rages that he asked himself whether she would go mad.A Normandy Joke by Guy de Maupassant
He cried out in his despair: 'Is there no justice upon earth? Who will protect me against her?'A Normandy Joke by Guy de Maupassant
Everybody who passed through the yard laughed at seeing that great stoopid Jean making a machine for his wife to churn butter.A Normandy Joke by Guy de Maupassant
Then he went to the justice of the peace, and a charge of cruelty against her husband was made. It was supported by witnesses, and Rose was sentenced by default.A Normandy Joke by Guy de Maupassant
He paid the twenty francs, and when Mother Fournaire came to his house to provoke him, he turned her out, with strong blows from a big stick.A Normandy Joke by Guy de Maupassant
Then she took out a rope, which she fastened round his neck, and tied the end of it to a nail.A Normandy Joke by Guy de Maupassant
And after that she went away, with her hobble, leaving him alone, tied up short, with his family around him, opening their beaks and clamoring for food.A Normandy Joke by Guy de Maupassant
You see, master, I am innocent. Ah! The poor animals! they never do enough for us.A Normandy Joke by Guy de Maupassant