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Chapter 3

           Butthemayorresentedit,hiscolleagueswerejealous,everythingwastobefeared;gainingoverMonsieurBovarybyhisattentionswastoearnhisgratitude,andpreventhisspeakingoutlateron,shouldhenoticeanything.SoeverymorningHomaisbroughthim"thepaper,"andoftenintheafternoonlefthisshopforafewmomentstohaveachatwiththeDoctor.

           Charleswasdull:patientsdidnotcome.Heremainedseatedforhourswithoutspeaking,wentintohisconsultingroomtosleep,orwatchedhiswifesewing.Thenfordiversionheemployedhimselfathomeasaworkman;heeventriedtodouptheatticwithsomepaintwhichhadbeenleftbehindbythepainters.Butmoneymattersworriedhim.HehadspentsomuchforrepairsatTostes,formadame’stoilette,andforthemoving,thatthewholedowry,overthreethousandcrowns,hadslippedawayintwoyears.

           ThenhowmanythingshadbeenspoiltorlostduringtheircarriagefromTostestoYonville,withoutcountingtheplastercure,whofallingoutofthecoachatanover-severejolt,hadbeendashedintoathousandfragmentsonthepavementsofQuincampoix!Apleasantertroublecametodistracthim,namely,thepregnancyofhiswife.Asthetimeofherconfinementapproachedhecherishedherthemore.Itwasanotherbondofthefleshestablishingitself,and,asitwere,acontinuedsentimentofamorecomplexunion.

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