' s ▁death ▁by ▁his ▁wid ow , ▁Alice ▁Reg na ult : ▁in ▁La ▁Pi pe ▁de ▁c id re , ▁La ▁V ache ▁t ach et ée , ▁Un ▁homme ▁sensible , ▁Che z ▁l ' Ill ust re ▁é criv ain , ▁Le ▁Pet it ▁Gar de ur ▁de ▁v ache , ▁and ▁ ▁Un ▁gent il homme ▁. ▁A ▁few ▁others , ▁not ably ▁translated ▁into ▁German , ▁Spanish , ▁and ▁Russian , ▁were ▁published ▁abroad . ▁ ▁An x ious ▁to ▁profit ▁from ▁all ▁of ▁his ▁literary ▁output , ▁Mir be au ▁re used ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁the ▁stories ▁that ▁had ▁already ▁appeared ▁in ▁the ▁French ▁press ▁by ▁inserting ▁them ▁into ▁his ▁patch work ▁novel ▁Les ▁V ingt ▁et ▁un ▁J ours ▁d ' un ▁ne uras th é ni que ▁. ▁ ▁The ▁Sub version ▁of ▁the ▁story ▁▁ ▁It ▁is ▁apparent ▁that ▁the ▁novel ist ▁accord ed ▁little ▁interest ▁to ▁a ▁task ▁ ▁which , ▁in ▁his ▁eyes , ▁served ▁primarily ▁to ▁put ▁food ▁on ▁the ▁table . ▁Indeed , ▁at ▁the ▁time , ▁the ▁short ▁story ▁occupied ▁an ▁important ▁place ▁in ▁the ▁press , ▁and ▁along ▁with ▁the ▁chron icle , ▁was ▁a ▁genre ▁particularly ▁fav ored ▁by ▁the ▁public , ▁perm itting ▁most ▁writers ▁to ▁ear n ▁their ▁living ▁more ▁depend ably ▁than ▁was ▁possible ▁through ▁the ▁publication ▁of ▁their ▁books . ▁The ▁daily ▁papers ▁could ▁thereby ▁secure ▁the ▁f idel ity ▁of ▁their ▁readers ▁by ▁offering ▁them ▁a ▁bit ▁of ▁entertain ment ▁and