Госпожа Бовари

Chapter 10

           Iheardfromapedlar,who,travellingthroughyourpartofthecountrythiswinter,hadatoothdrawn,thatBovarywasasusualworkinghard.Thatdoesn’tsurpriseme;andheshowedmehistooth;wehadsomecoffeetogether.Iaskedhimifhehadseenyou,andhesaidnot,butthathehadseentwohorsesinthestables,fromwhichIconcludethatbusinessislookingup.Somuchthebetter,mydearchildren,andmayGodsendyoueveryimaginablehappiness!Itgrievesmenotyettohaveseenmydearlittlegrand-daughter,BertheBovary.IhaveplantedanOrleansplum-treeforherinthegardenunderyourroom,andIwon’thaveittouchedunlessitistohavejammadeforherbyandbye,thatIwillkeepinthecupboardforherwhenshecomes.

           "Good-bye,mydearchildren.Ikissyou,mygirl,youtoo,myson-in-law,andthelittleoneonbothcheeks.Iam,withbestcompliments,yourlovingfather.

           "TheodoreRouault."

           Sheheldthecoarsepaperinherfingersforsomeminutes.Thespellingmistakeswereinterwovenonewiththeother,andEmmafollowedthekindlythoughtthatcackledrightthroughitlikeahenhalfhiddeninthehedgeofthorns.Thewritinghadbeendriedwithashesfromthehearth,foralittlegreypowderslippedfromtheletterontoherdress,andshealmostthoughtshesawherfatherbendingoverthehearthtotakeupthetongs.

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