In one scene in this story, a character goes to visit a baptism, saying "It is good to pray sometimes" when asked if it was a
In one scene in this story, a character goes to visit a baptism, saying "It is good to pray sometimes" when asked if it was an amusing ceremony. In another scene, nuns tell the title character about their mission to help soldiers afflicted with small pox. At the end of this story, Cornudet begins to ferociously whistle the "Marseillaise." While the title character shares her picnic basket with others, she receives none of their food at the end of this story. The title character, whose real name is Elizabeth Rousset, ultimately gives in to her fellow travelers' pressures and sleeps with a Prussian officer so that the carriage may proceed. For 10 points, name this Guy de Maupassant story about the titular rotund French prostitute.
In one scene in this story, a character goes to visit a baptism, saying "It is good to pray sometimes" when asked if it was an amusing ceremony.
"{Boule} de {Suif}" [or "{Ball} of {Fat}"]