[PW] Re: Courtesan and raffle

[Charles Early]

I remember this story, and my recollection is that the author was Ludwig 
Bemelmans.
I have the feeling, though, that there may have been an older original source.

At 04:46 AM 6/27/2006, Sylvia Milne wrote:
>This is for me, so no urgency, but it is annoying me.
>I remember a short story, possibly by  Guy de Maupassant but certainly
>French.
>In it, some students long to enjoy a famous courtesan but the price is quite
>outside their reach.
>They decide to have a raffle for a few francs each (say five).
>The money will go to the winner and he will visit the lady in question.
>One lucky lad wins and enjoys her favours and tells her how he has managed
>to afford her services.
>As he is departing, she scoops up the money but hands him back his five
>francs.
>"Now you can tell Paris that you had me for nothing!"
>I'd like to know the author and title. In vain have I googled.
>
>Sylvia Milne
>
>Please visit me at
>http://www.sylviamilne.btinternet.co.uk/plucked/
>
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