Mathilde lives in Paris, where her husband is employed as a clerk at the Ministry of Public Instruction. Maupassant offers a description of their humble flat. She was distressed at the poverty of her dwelling, at the bareness of the walls, at the shabby chairs, the ugliness of the curtains. He also specifies the location: [Their cab]]took them to their dwelling in the Rue des Martyrs, and sadly they mounted the stairs to their flat. The...
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