The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 1

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Guy de Maupassant. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 1

INTRODUCTION. BY. ARTHUR SYMONS

BOULE DE SUIF

MISS HARRIET

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II

III

FRANCESCA AND CARLOTTA RONDOLI

I

II

III

CHÂLI

I

II

THE UMBRELLA

MY UNCLE SOSTHENES

HE?

A PHILOSOPHER

ALWAYS LOCK THE DOOR!

A MEETING

THE LITTLE CASK

HOW HE GOT THE LEGIONOF HONOR

THE ACCURSED BREAD

II

WHAT WAS REALLY THE MATTERWITH ANDREW

MY LANDLADY

THE HORLA, OR MODERN GHOSTS

LOVE.THREE PAGES FROM A SPORTSMAN'S BOOK

THE HOLE

SAVED

THE MARQUIS DE FUMEROL

THE SIGNAL

THE DEVIL

EPIPHANY

IN THE WOOD

A FAMILY

JOSEPH

THE INN

UGLY

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For several days, straggling remnants of the routed army had passed through the town. There was no question of organized troops, it was simply a disjointed rabble, the men unshaven and dirty, their uniforms in tatters, slouching along without regimental colors, without order – worn out, broken down, incapable of thought or resolution, marching from pure habit and dropping with fatigue the moment they stopped. The majority belonged to the militia, men of peaceful pursuits, retired tradespeople, sinking under the weight of their accouterments; quick-witted little moblets as prone to terror as they were to enthusiasm, as ready to attack as they were to fly; and here and there a few red trousers, remnants of a company mowed down in one of the big battles; somber-coated artillerymen, side by side with these various uniforms of the infantry, and now and then the glittering helmet of a heavily booted dragoon who followed with difficulty the march of the lighter-footed soldiers of the line.

Companies of franc-tireurs, heroically named "Avengers of the Defeat," "Citizens of the Tomb," "Companies in Death," passed in their turn, looking like a horde of bandits.

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"Oh, yes, but I got another order later on."

"Not to put the horses in at all."

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