. Short stories of the tragedy and comedy of life with a critical preface . ry andhush the matter up. How can it be managed? the master of theplace asked. Why the best way would be to send him backto the hospital, out of which he has just come, ando pay for him there. I would rather do that, the master of the housereplied, than have any fuss made about the mat-ter. So half an hour later, Pavilly returned drunk andgroaning to the ward which he had left an hour be-fore. The Superior lifted up her hands in sorrow. 214 WORKS OF GUY DE MAUPASSANT for she liked him, and with a smile, for she wasglad
. Short stories of the tragedy and comedy of life with a critical preface . ry andhush the matter up. How can it be managed? the master of theplace asked. Why the best way would be to send him backto the hospital, out of which he has just come, ando pay for him there. I would rather do that, the master of the housereplied, than have any fuss made about the mat-ter. So half an hour later, Pavilly returned drunk andgroaning to the ward which he had left an hour be-fore. The Superior lifted up her hands in sorrow. 214 WORKS OF GUY DE MAUPASSANT for she liked him, and with a smile, for she wasglad to have him back. **Well, my good fellow, what is the matter withyou now? The other leg is broken, Madame. *So you have been getting on to another load ofstraw, you old joker? And Pavilly, in great confusion, but still sly, said,with hesitation: No — no — not this time, no — not this time. Itwas not my fault, not my fault. A mattress causedthis. She could get no other explanation out of him,and never knew that his relapse was due to hertwenty-five francs. EPIPHANY. h! said Captain the Count deGarens, I should rather thinkthat I do remember that Epiph-any supper, during the war!**At the time I was quarter-master of cavalry, and for a fort-night, I had been lurking about asa scout in front of the German ad-vanced guard. The evening beforewe had cut down a few Uhlans andhad lost three men, one of whom wasthat poor little Raudeville. You remem-^ ^ vj^i Joseph de Raudeville well, of course,^^ Well, on that day my captain ordered me to take six troopers and occupy the village of Porterin,where there had been five fights in three weeks, andto hold it all night. There were not twenty housesleft standing, nay, not a dozen, in that wasps I took ten troopers, and set out at about fouroclock; at five oclock, while it was still pitch dark,we reached the first houses of Porterin. 1 haltedand ordered Marchas — you know Pierre de Marchas, (215) 2i6 WORKS OF GUY DE MAUPASSANT w
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