What is the name of the shortstory writer who wrote "Hairpin"?

Question:

What is the name of the shortstory writer who wrote "Hairpin"?

The story begins this way:

I will not record the name either of the country or of the man concerned. It was far, very far from this part of the world, on a fertile and scorching sea-coast. All morning we had been following a coast clothed with crops and a blue sea clothed in sunlight. Flowers thrust up their heads quite close to the waves, rippling waves, so gentle, drowsing. It was hot—a relaxing heat, redolent of the rich soil, damp and fruitful: one almost heard the rising of the sap.
I had been told that, in the evening..........

And it ends this way:

??By God, yes. I have here, in land and money, from seven to eight hundred thousand francs. When the million is complete, I shall sell all and depart. I shall have enough for one year with her—one entire marvelous year. And then goodbye, my life will be over.??
I asked:
??But afterwards???
??Afterwards, I don??t know. It will be the end. Perhaps I shall ask her to keep me on as her body-servant.??

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I am guessing, but it sounds like 19th century writing-- Guy De Maupassant perhaps?