Guy de Maupassant is one of the best of short story writers. He is able to give you everything you want in his short venue and never leaves you feeling there is more of the story that you wish to hear.

This tale is poignant and quite sad. It is about the unjust destruction of a man's reputation and how that affects his life. How easily a person can be accused of something he did not do and how difficult sometimes to clear one's name and make others believe the truth. ( )

Well written, sad short story about a man accused of something he didn't do, then proven innocent. But the people in town never let it go. ( )