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Ball of Fat 17
Monsieur and Madame Follenvie dined at the end of the table. The man, wheezing
like a broken-down locomotive, was too short-winded to talk when he was eating.
But the wife was not silent a moment; she told how the Prussians had impressed
her on their arrival, what they did, what they said; execrating them in the
first place because they cost her money, and in the second because she had two
sons in the army. She addressed herself principally to the countess, flattered
at the opportunity of talking to a lady of quality.
Then she lowered her voice, and began to broach delicate subjects. Her husband
interrupted her from time to time, saying:
"You would do well to hold your tongue, Madame Follenvie."
But she took no notice of him, and went on:
"Yes, madame, these Germans do nothing but eat potatoes and pork, and then pork
and potatoes. And don't imagine for a moment that they are clean! No, indeed!
And if only you saw them drilling for hours, indeed for days, together; they all
collect in a field, then they do nothing but march backward and forward, and
wheel this way and that. If only they would cultivate the land, or remain at
home and work on their high roads! Really, madame, these soldiers are of no
earthly use! Poor people have to feed and keep them, only in order that they may
learn how to kill! True, I am only an old woman with no education, but when I
see them wearing themselves out marching about from morning till night, I say to
myself: When there are people who make discoveries that are of use to people,
why should others take so much trouble to do harm? Really, now, isn't it a
terrible thing to kill people, whether they are Prussians, or English, or Poles,
or French? If we revenge ourselves on any one who injures us we do wrong, and
are punished for it; but when our sons are shot down like partridges, that is
all right, and decorations are given to the man who kills the most. No, indeed,
I shall never be able to understand it."
Cornudet raised his voice:
"War is a barbarous proceeding when we attack a peaceful neighbor, but it is a
sacred duty when undertaken in defense of one's country."
The old woman looked down:
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