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attempts of the hero to fulfill the spouse's treasons at least with the ugly servantwoman, which isn't causing suspicions of the wife.

The story ends with the fact that a literary hero in the dark late at night in the hallway once again was cheating on his wife with the servantwoman. However it becomes clear in the morning that he dealt with own wife. In general, the hero is so primitive that even can not to cheat the wife, the wife dominates him, and forces him to have love affairs only with her.

The literary image of "Bombard of 1884" can be disputed even without knowledge of the fact that in 1953 Bombard, both as the seafarer and as the writer, has sparkled, like lightning.

"For ten thousand francs of a rent (dividends) I am ready to work as a hangman!"

And where the "hangman"? Married the attractive widow the Englishwoman? Well ... Not an "hangman".

The implicit reproach in ignorance, addressed to "Bombard of 1884", of course has some moral grounds. But, however, many people seek their vocation for many years, decades, sometimes during all their lives. Moreover, education (formal) is not the only key prerequisite for a usefulness of human. Many prominent people did not and do not have formal education.

The idleness it's also a relative disadvantage. And what, strictly speaking, are the "idleness" criteria? In many spheres of activity - politics, entrepreneurship, literature, filmmaking and others - are natural and well-known the long periods of fading, of attenuation of apparent explicit creative activity.

Married a widow with money... everyone has their own line in life. He'd marry the girl without money, - the same would be grounds for a joke.

Cheating on his wife... And if he was not cheating, so biased observer, especially French, could see some strangeness in it ...

He "under a heel" of wife...

Financial security at the expense of the wife ...

First, it family affairs, for the external observer are not clear. Secondly, even if he became "under the heel", then in such situation is also a some positive effect: the family is stronger ...

There are also questions of more substantial. So, Guy de Maupassant can not to convict Bombard in mental disorder or a syphilis disease. (On the contrary, the health of Bombard is emphasized). But the lack of such "reproaches" is natural. Both the mental disorder, and syphilis were inherent not Bombard, - whatever "bad" he was, - but to Guy de Maupassant.

And if to be exempted from "the power of a joke" (when both the situation, and skill of the story-teller force to laugh or at least to smile for politeness), then it turns out - that Bombard if is with what to reproach, so with his imperfection. And who is perfect?

You can go to a different level of generalization. The so-called "idleness", "inaction" is a form of implementation, the consequence of freedom.

And "idleness" and freedom are essences, which are obeying their own energies and desires.

Now, suppose, a certain outstanding writer M. sees Englishman Henry Thomas Buckle traveling around Europe.

Young Buckle is the person without formal education, without profession, without concrete "business". The father endowed him (and other family members) with a inheritance. Buckle was traveling about one and a half years.

Let's choose the moment to see Buckle, walking idly along the Parisian boulevard, and let's make a statement: "Buckle is a parasite!".

Moreover, person not quite adequate: he even didn't marry. And the fact, that he has learned 19 languages, so too is suspicious: why would a man without a profession and business to know so many languages?

Imitation of activity. All from inaction - he could work, for example, as a clerk. And - in what measure he knows these languages? It still needs to be checked ...

Why not to write for such a case the story "Buckle". A such satire.

Characters: the Englishman, traveling around Europe - the idler, with scribbler's bents, with a mania on scientific greatness, not based anything. He is imitating the studying of languages for deception of people around. He is comically shipped in reading and idleness.

The story may be finished with some amusing episode: he confused the German publisher with a Belgian waiter: knowledge of the language turned out to be insufficient... May be added an absurd scene of expressions of love emotions by Buckle to the Frenchwoman - for the entourage.

The story of the famous writer M. under the title "Buckle" appears.

The public reads this satire. It is pleasant to her! These clever idlers much about themselves imagine!

They show arrogance! And it turns out that their self-conceit - a soap bubble: these are just some odd fellows ("jokers and dreamers"?) ... The audience is happy; satisfied and writer M. Popularity, royalties are growing.

There time passes, Henry Thomas Buckle publishes the two-volume monumental work - "History of Civilization in England".