He wants to the police and to the cab offices, and put an advertisement in the
newspapers, offering a reward. She waited all day in a state of bewilderment
before this frightful disaster. Loisel returned in the evening, his face pale; he
had discovered nothing. (a) What did he do?
(b) For what did he offer a reward?
(c) What was the cause of Matilda’s ruin?
(d) How could she have avoided it?
(e) Why did his face look pale?
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Guy De Maupassant was a great writer of France. He is considered to be one of the best short story writers of the world. He was born on 5 August 1850 at the Chateau de Miromesnil, in France. Maupassant was a representative of the naturalist school of writers. He depicts human lives often in pessimistic terms. Many of his stories were written during the Franco-Prussian War of the 1870s. He describes the futility of wars and violence that take thousands of innocent lives. He wrote more than 300 short stories, 6 novels, travel books and even poetry.