The Works of Guy de Maupassant

He is a young French author," he said; "look at it, -- it is not bad; he knows you and esteems you very much," he added, as though to encourage me. "As a man he reminds me of Druzhinin. He is just as excellent a son and friend, un homme d'un commerce sur, as was Druzhinin, and, besides, he has relations with the labouring people, whom he guides and aids. Even in his relations to women he reminds me of Druzhinin."