[AlexBell]

Originally Posted by MikeB1972

Yes, banished out of the principality on a pension.

French original is here
http://athena.unige.ch/athena/selva/.../condamne.html

Thanks again. I really appreciate your help.

Maupassant's version seems to have been published in 1883, while Tolstoy's version was published in 1906. Perhaps copyright practice was different then. There are differences in emphasis, but Tolstoy's version is clearly very similar to Maupassant's version.