A wife's indiscretion is answered with cruelty.

But what happens when the two meet again six years later?

Guy de Mopassant, today on the Classic Tales podcast.

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Guy de Mopasson was a master of the short story, using every literary device and turn a phrase imaginable with

masterful effect. A meeting is an elegant tale that explores the consequences of unbridled and

bridled passion. I hope you like it. And now, a meeting by Guy de Mopassonne.

It was nothing but an accident, an accident, pure and simple.

On that particular evening, the princess rooms were open, and as they appeared dark after the

brilliantly lighted parlors, Baron de Traillet, who was tired of standing, inadvertently wandered into an

empty bedroom.

He looked round for a chair in which to have a doze, as he was sure his wife would not leave before daylight.

As soon as he became accustomed to the light of the room, he distinguished the big bed,

with its azure and gold hangings in the middle of the great room, looking like a catafalque in which

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