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The characters in this story speak in English. Do you think this is their language? What clues are there in the story about the language its characters must be speaking in?

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The characters in this story speak in English. But the story is set in the typical French background. The writer Guy de Maupassant, himself was a celebrated French writer, known for his stories all over the world. The clues like .five sous. is clear enough to show the French background as .sous. is a French currency. Even the names of all the characters are French names.
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