Note: Translated by an uncredited translator. This story first appeared in a 1903 edition of Guy de Maupassant's complete works, published by M. Walter Dunne; it was supposedly the translation of a Maupassant story titled "Le noyé", but in fact it is not by that author. Both the French original, if any, and the translator are currently unidentified. See here for more on the Dunne edition.