Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant

part in the war. This sentiment was received with gratitude; besides,

his protection might be needful some day or other. By the exercise of tact the number of men quartered in one's house might be reduced; and why should one provoke the hostility of a person on whom one's whole welfare depended? Such conduct would savor less of bravery than of fool- hardiness. And foolhard...