# Original Short Stories — Volume 11

Author: Maupassant, Guy de, 1850-1893; Henderson, A. E. [Translator]; McMaster, Albert Cohn [Translator]; Quesada, Louise Charlotte Garstin, 1864?- [Translator]

Genre: Category: Short Stories

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3087

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Original+Short+Stories+Maupassant&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Mme. Oreille was a very economical woman; she knew the value of a centime, and possessed a whole storehouse of strict principles with regard to the multiplication of money, so that her cook found the greatest difficulty in making what the servants call their market-penny, and her husband was hardly allowed any pocket money at all. They were, however, very comfortably off, and had no children; but it really pained Mme. Oreille to see any money spent; it was like tearing at her heartstrings when she had to take any of those nice crown-pieces out of her pocket; and whenever she had to spend anything, no matter how necessary it might be, she slept badly the next night.

## Chapters

- [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/original-short-stories-volume-11-3087/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/original-short-stories-volume-11-3087/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/original-short-stories-volume-11-3087/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/original-short-stories-volume-11-3087/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/original-short-stories-volume-11-3087/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/original-short-stories-volume-11-3087/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/original-short-stories-volume-11-3087/chapters/7/index.md)