Carre-Lamadon

Madame Carre-Lamadon endured that hateful form of torture which has perpetuated the name of Tantalus.

Original Short Stories — Volume 01 Guy de Maupassant 1871

Carre-Lamadon, a man of wide experience in the cotton industry, had taken care to send six hundred thousand francs to England as provision against the rainy day he was always anticipating.

Original Short Stories — Volume 01 Guy de Maupassant 1871

Carre-Lamadon was charming; the manufacturer paid compliments to the countess.

Original Short Stories — Volume 01 Guy de Maupassant 1871

The two other women shuddered; the eyes of pretty Madame Carre-Lamadon glistened, and she grew pale, as if the officer were indeed in the act of laying violent hands on her.

Original Short Stories — Volume 01 Guy de Maupassant 1871

Mesdames de Breville and Carre-Lamadon, who were accomplished women of the world, were gracious and tactful.

Original Short Stories — Volume 01 Guy de Maupassant 1871

Mesdames Carre-Lamadon and Loiseau gave theirs to the nuns.

Original Short Stories — Volume 01 Guy de Maupassant 1871

Monsieur Carre-Lamadon, a man of considerable importance, a king in the cotton trade, proprietor of three spinning-mills, officer of the Legion of Honor, and member of the General Council.

Original Short Stories — Volume 01 Guy de Maupassant 1871

Carre-Lamadon, who had known many officers and judged them as a connoisseur, thought him not at all bad-looking; she even regretted that he was not a Frenchman, because in that case he would have made a very handsome hussar, with whom all the women would assuredly have fallen in love.

Original Short Stories — Volume 01 Guy de Maupassant 1871

Madame Carre-Lamadon, much younger than her husband, was the consolation of all the officers of good family quartered at Rouen.

Original Short Stories — Volume 01 Guy de Maupassant 1871

But the countess, turning toward Madame Carre-Lamadon, soon broke the painful silence:

Original Short Stories — Volume 01 Guy de Maupassant 1871