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Drinks to the soldiers

3/4/2018

 
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When she heard the drums of a regiment marching in the street, she would stand in front of the door with a jug of cider, and offer drinks to the soldiers. She took care of cholera patients. She gave shelter to the Polish refugees, and there was even one of them who said he wanted to marry her. But they quarreled; for one morning, returning after the angelus, she found him in her kitchen, where he had let himself in, and had prepared himself a cold dish he was calmly eating.

Quand elle entendait dans la rue les tambours d'un régiment en marche, elle se mettait devant la porte avec une cruche de cidre, et offrait à boire aux soldats. Elle soigna des cholériques. Elle protégait les Polonais; et même il y en eut un qui déclarait la vouloir épouser. Mais ils se fâchèrent; car un matin, en rentrant de l'angélus, elle le trouva dans sa cuisine, où il s'était introduit, et accommodé une vinaigrette qu'il mangeait tranquillement.

Gustave Flaubert, Un coeur simple, translated by Charlotte Mandell

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