Produced by Hillary Fischer, Juliet Sutherland and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net The Works of Guy de Maupassant VOLUME I BOULE DE SUIF AND OTHER STORIES NATIONAL LIBRARY COMPANY NEW YORK 1909 BIGELOW, SMITH & CO. * * * * * CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION x BOULE DE SUIF 1 MISS HARRIET 54 FRANCESCA AND CARLOTTA RONDOLI 82 CHALI 117 THE UMBRELLA 131 MY UNCLE SOSTHENES 143 HE? 152 A PHILOSOPHER 162 ALWAYS LOCK THE DOOR! 171 A MEETING 179 THE LITTLE CASK 190 HOW HE GOT THE LEGION OF HONOR 198 THE ACCURSED BREAD 206 WHAT WAS REALLY THE MATTER WITH ANDREW 213 MY LANDLADY 221 THE HORLA, OR MODERN GHOSTS 228 LOVE. THREE PAGES FROM A SPORTSMAN'S BOOK 263 THE HOLE 270 SAVED 279 BELLFLOWER 286 THE MARQUIS DE FUMEROL 293 THE SIGNAL 303 THE DEVIL 311 EPIPHANY 321 IN THE WOOD 336 A FAMILY 343 JOSEPH 350 THE INN 358 UGLY 376 WORKS OF GUY DE MAUPASSANT INTRODUCTION BY ARTHUR SYMONS