BOULE DE SUIF & OTHER TALES
Реклама. ООО «ЛитРес», ИНН: 7719571260.
Оглавление
Guy de Maupassant. BOULE DE SUIF & OTHER TALES
BOULE DE SUIF & OTHER TALES
Reading suggestions
Table of Contents
Mademoiselle Fifi
Madame Baptiste
Rust
Marroca
The Log
The Relic
The Bed
Am I Insane?
Words of Love
An Adventure in Paris
Two Friends
Christmas Eve
The Substitute
Boul De Suif
Table des matièresa
Mademoiselle Fifi
Madame Baptiste
La Rouille
Marroca
La Bûche
La Relique
Le Lit
Fou?
Mots d’Amour
Une Aventure Parisienne
Deux Amis
Nuit de Noël
Le Remplaçant
Boul De Suif
Отрывок из книги
Guy de Maupassant
Mademoiselle Fifi
.....
They had not required much pressing, as they had got to know the Prussians in the three months during which they had had to do with them, and so they resigned themselves to the men as they did to the state of affairs.
They went at once into the diningroom, which looked still more dismal in its dilapidated condition when it was lighted up; while the table covered with choice dishes, the beautiful china and glass, and the plate, which had been found in the hole in the wall where its owner had hidden it, gave it the appearance of a bandits’ inn, where they were supping after committing a robbery in the place. The captain was radiant, and put his arm round the women as if he were familiar with them; and when the three young men wanted to appropriate one each, he opposed them authoritatively, reserving to himself the right to apportion them justly, according to their several ranks, so as not to offend the higher powers. Therefore, to avoid all discussion, jarring, and suspicion of partiality, he placed them all in a row according to height, and addressing the tallest, he said in a voice of command:
.....