Госпожа Бовари

Chapter 12

           SheheardCharlesonthestairs;threwthegoldtothebackofherdrawer,andtookoutthekey.

           ThreedaysafterLheureuxreappeared.

           "Ihaveanarrangementtosuggesttoyou,"hesaid."If,insteadofthesumagreedon,youwouldtake"

           "Hereitis,"shesaidplacingfourteennapoleonsinhishand.

           Thetradesmanwasdumfounded.Then,toconcealhisdisappointment,hewasprofuseinapologiesandproffersofservice,allofwhichEmmadeclined;thensheremainedafewmomentsfingeringinthepocketofherapronthetwofive-francpiecesthathehadgivenherinchange.Shepromisedherselfshewouldeconomiseinordertopaybacklateron."Pshaw!"shethought,"hewon’tthinkaboutitagain."

           Besidestheriding-whipwithitssilver-gilthandle,RodolphehadreceivedasealwiththemottoAmornelcorfurthermore,ascarfforamuffler,and,finally,acigar-caseexactlyliketheViscount’s,thatCharleshadformerlypickedupintheroad,andthatEmmahadkept.Thesepresents,however,humiliatedhim;herefusedseveral;sheinsisted,andheendedbyobeying,thinkinghertyrannicalandoverexacting.

           Thenshehadstrangeideas.

           "Whenmidnightstrikes,"shesaid,"youmustthinkofme."

           Andifheconfessedthathehadnotthoughtofher,therewerefloodsofreproachesthatalwaysendedwiththeeternalquestion

           "Doyouloveme?"

           "Why,ofcourseIloveyou,"heanswered.

           "Agreatdeal?"

           "Certainly!"

           "Youhaven’tlovedanyothers?"

           "Didyouthinkyou’dgotavirgin?"heexclaimedlaughing.

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