Commissioned by the Chamber Music Conference and Composers' Forum of the East. This piece was written for an amateur ensemble and is suitable for good high school age musicians and above. Instrumentation: Flute English Horn Clarinet Bassoon 2 Violins Viola Cello and Doublebass.

Text by the composer after the dramatic adaptation by Philip Littell of Guy de Maupassant's short story Boule de suif.