Госпожа Бовари

Chapter 11

           Straightenclub-feet!Asifonecouldstraightenclub-feet!Itisasifonewished,forexample,tomakeahunchbackstraight!"

           Homaissufferedashelistenedtothisdiscourse,andheconcealedhisdiscomfortbeneathacourtier’ssmile;forheneededtohumourMonsierCanivet,whoseprescriptionssometimescameasfarasYonville.SohedidnottakeupthedefenceofBovary;hedidnotevenmakeasingleremark,and,renouncinghisprinciples,hesacrificedhisdignitytothemoreseriousinterestsofhisbusiness.

           ThisamputationofthethighbyDoctorCanivetwasagreateventinthevillage.Onthatdayalltheinhabitantsgotupearlier,andtheGrandeRue,althoughfullofpeople,hadsomethinglugubriousaboutit,asifanexecutionhadbeenexpected.Atthegrocer’stheydiscussedHippolyte’sillness;theshopsdidnobusiness,andMadameTuvache,themayor’swife,didnotstirfromherwindow,suchwasherimpatiencetoseetheoperatorarrive.

           Hecameinhisgig,whichhedrovehimself.Butthespringsoftherightsidehavingatlengthgivenwaybeneaththeweightofhiscorpulence,ithappenedthatthecarriageasitrolledalongleanedoveralittle,andontheothercushionnearhimcouldbeseenalargeboxcoveredinredsheep-leather,whosethreebrassclaspsshonegrandly.

           Afterhehadenteredlikeawhirlwindtheporchofthe"Liond’Or,"thedoctor,shoutingveryloud,orderedthemtounharnesshishorse.

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