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Ball of Fat 8
And all three eyed one another in friendly, well-disposed fashion. Although of
varying social status, they were united in the brotherhood of money—in that vast
freemasonry made up of those who possess, who can jingle gold wherever they
choose to put their hands into their breeches' pockets.
The coach went along so slowly that at ten o'clock in the morning it had not
covered twelve miles. Three times the men of the party got out and climbed the
hills on foot. The passengers were becoming uneasy, for they had counted on
lunching at Totes, and it seemed now as if they would hardly arrive there before
nightfall. Every one was eagerly looking out for an inn by the roadside, when,
suddenly, the coach foundered in a snowdrift, and it took two hours to extricate
it.
As appetites increased, their spirits fell; no inn, no wine shop could be
discovered, the approach of the Prussians and the transit of the starving French
troops having frightened away all business.
The men sought food in the farmhouses beside the road, but could not find so
much as a crust of bread; for the suspicious peasant invariably hid his stores
for fear of being pillaged by the soldiers, who, being entirely without food,
would take violent possession of everything they found.
About one o'clock Loiseau announced that he positively had a big hollow in his
stomach. They had all been suffering in the same way for some time, and the
increasing gnawings of hunger had put an end to all conversation.
Now and then some one yawned, another followed his example, and each in turn,
according to his character, breeding and social position, yawned either quietly
or noisily, placing his hand before the gaping void whence issued breath
condensed into vapor.
Several times Ball of Fat stooped, as if searching for something under her
petticoats. She would hesitate a moment, look at her neighbors, and then quietly
sit upright again. All faces were pale and drawn. Loiseau declared he would give
a thousand francs for a knuckle of ham. His wife made an involuntary and quickly
checked gesture of protest. It always hurt her to hear of money being
squandered, and she could not even understand jokes on such a subject.
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