And the Yeah, Welcome back everyone to 1001 classic short stories and tales.

This is your host, John Hagadorn.

Today, part two of one of Giedemopazat's most famous short stories,

Bue de Swiff.

And now part two.

Monsieur and Madame Follandvie 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. 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,

executing them in the first place because they cost her money, and 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, Madam Falunvy.

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. I 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 wield 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

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