Госпожа Бовари

Chapter 1

           Whenwecamebacktowork,wewereinthehabitofthrowingourcapsonthegroundsoastohaveourhandsmorefree;weusedfromthedoortotossthemundertheform,sothattheyhitagainstthewallandmadealotofdust:itwas"thething."

           But,whetherhehadnotnoticedthetrick,ordidnotdaretoattemptit,the"newfellow,"wasstillholdinghiscaponhiskneesevenafterprayerswereover.Itwasoneofthosehead-gearsofcompositeorder,inwhichwecanfindtracesofthebearskin,shako,billycockhat,sealskincap,andcottonnight-cap;oneofthosepoorthings,infine,whosedumbuglinesshasdepthsofexpression,likeanimbecile’sface.Oval,stiffenedwithwhalebone,itbeganwiththreeroundknobs;thencameinsuccessionlozengesofvelvetandrabbit-skinseparatedbyaredband;afterthatasortofbagthatendedinacardboardpolygoncoveredwithcomplicatedbraiding,fromwhichhung,attheendofalongthincord,smalltwistedgoldthreadsinthemannerofatassel.Thecapwasnew;itspeakshone.

           "Rise,"saidthemaster.

           Hestoodup;hiscapfell.Thewholeclassbegantolaugh.Hestoopedtopickitup.Aneighborknockeditdownagainwithhiselbow;hepickedituponcemore.

           "Getridofyourhelmet,"saidthemaster,whowasabitofawag.

           Therewasaburstoflaughterfromtheboys,whichsothoroughlyputthepoorladoutofcountenancethathedidnotknowwhethertokeephiscapinhishand,leaveitontheground,orputitonhishead.Hesatdownagainandplaceditonhisknee.

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