Word: honneur
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...head down, in a torturing position in order that he may have a model for the masterpiece which he is painting. This torture naturally kills the boy by degrees, although the end does not come till Mathieu comes home with the news that he has won the medaille d'honneur. The story as a whole suggests Guy de Maupassant. Although the idea of the tale is rather extravigant, vet it is well-worked out and the diction is more coherent than in some of its author's last efforts...