Госпожа Бовари

Chapter 2

           "Ifmadamewilldomethehonourofmakinguseofit",saidthechemist,whohadjustcaughtthelastwords,"Ihaveatherdisposalalibrarycomposedofthebestauthors,Voltaire,Rousseau,Delille,WalterScott,the‘EchodesFeuilletons’;andinadditionIreceivevariousperiodicals,amongthemthe‘FanaldeRouen’daily,havingtheadvantagetobeitscorrespondentforthedistrictsofBuchy,Forges,Neufchatel,Yonville,andvicinity."

           Fortwohoursandahalftheyhadbeenattable;fortheservantArtemis,carelesslydraggingheroldlistslippersovertheflags,broughtoneplateaftertheother,forgoteverything,andconstantlyleftthedoorofthebilliard-roomhalfopen,sothatitbeatagainstthewallwithitshooks.

           Unconsciously,Leon,whiletalking,hadplacedhisfootononeofthebarsofthechaironwhichMadameBovarywassitting.Sheworeasmallbluesilknecktie,thatkeptuplikearuffagaufferedcambriccollar,andwiththemovementsofherheadthelowerpartofherfacegentlysunkintothelinenorcameoutfromit.Thussidebyside,whileCharlesandthechemistchatted,theyenteredintooneofthosevagueconversationswherethehazardofallthatissaidbringsyoubacktothefixedcentreofacommonsympathy.TheParistheatres,titlesofnovels,newquadrilles,andtheworldtheydidnotknow;Tostes,whereshehadlived,andYonville,wheretheywere;theyexaminedall,talkedofeverythingtilltotheendofdinner.

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