M. Lantin is a seventeenth century character in Guy De Maupassant’s story, The Jewelry, which Maupassant wrote in th late eighteen hundreds. Lantin is a chief accountant whom falls in love with a girl after hearing others speak of her perfection. He demands the hand of this daughter of a widow, and they are wed. He was happy with all she did for him as his wife. Yet he was not quite fond of …showed first 75 words of 934 total…

…showed last 75 words of 934 total…looking for, an upscale woman who is too righteous to ever sell herself. So he marries her. Yet again he only looked at her surface, for even though he has money now from his previous wife, he does not live happily because his second wife’s temper is too much for him. He couldn’t see it prior to his vows because he was too busy wanting to find a woman to clear his name.