Maurice Barrès

Maurice Barrès

Summary

Portrait of Maurice Barrès Maurice Barrès The Book of the Homeless (1916)

The sappers of the 26th said:
"He was a fine fellow, that little second lieutenant. He shan't go underground without a coffin, at any rate. Let's make one for him."
And they began sawing and hammering.
Then the men of the 27th put their heads together and said:
" There must be no difference between the two brothers. We might as well make a coffin for our lieutenant, too."
By nightfall, when they were ready to bury the brothers side by side, an old woman spoke up. She was a wretched old creature, so poor and broken that she stubbornly refused to leave the village.
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