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Chapter 11

           Theoutlinesofthefootdisappearedinsuchaswellingthattheentireskinseemedabouttoburst,anditwascoveredwithecchymosis,causedbythefamousmachine.Hippolytehadalreadycomplainedofsufferingfromit.Noattentionhadbeenpaidtohim;theyhadtoacknowledgethathehadnotbeenaltogetherwrong,andhewasfreedforafewhours.But,hardlyhadtheoedemagonedowntosomeextent,thanthetwosavantsthoughtfittoputbackthelimbintheapparatus,strappingittightertohastenmatters.Atlast,threedaysafter,Hippolytebeingunabletoendureitanylonger,theyoncemoreremovedthemachine,andweremuchsurprisedattheresulttheysaw.Thelividtumefactionspreadovertheleg,withblistershereandthere,whencethereoozedablackliquid.Mattersweretakingaseriousturn.Hippolytebegantoworryhimself,andMereLefrancois,hadhiminstalledinthelittleroomnearthekitchen,sothathemightatleasthavesomedistraction.

           Butthetax-collector,whodinedthereeveryday,complainedbitterlyofsuchcompanionship.ThenHippolytewasremovedtothebilliard-room.Helaytheremoaningunderhisheavycoverings,palewithlongbeard,sunkeneyes,andfromtimetotimeturninghisperspiringheadonthedirtypillow,wherethefliesalighted.MadameBovarywenttoseehim.Shebroughthimlinenforhispoultices;shecomforted,andencouragedhim.Besides,hedidnotwantforcompany,especiallyonmarket-days,whenthepeasantswereknockingaboutthebilliard-ballsroundhim,fencedwiththecues,smoked,drank,sang,andbrawled.

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