BOULE DE SUIF & OTHER TALES

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Guy de Maupassant. BOULE DE SUIF & OTHER TALES

BOULE DE SUIF & OTHER TALES

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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

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Guy de Maupassant

Mademoiselle Fifi

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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:

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