Госпожа Бовари

Chapter 13

           "Andnotonly,"thedruggistwenton,"arehumanbeingssubjecttosuchanomalies,butanimalsalso.ThusyouarenotignorantofthesingularlyaphrodisiaceffectproducedbytheNepetacataria,vulgarlycalledcatmint,onthefelinerace;and,ontheotherhand,toquoteanexamplewhoseauthenticityIcananswerfor.Bridaux(oneofmyoldcomrades,atpresentestablishedintheRueMalpalu)possessesadogthatfallsintoconvulsionsassoonasyouholdoutasnuff-boxtohim.Heoftenevenmakestheexperimentbeforehisfriendsathissummer-houseatGuillaumeWood.Wouldanyonebelievethatasimplesternutationcouldproducesuchravagesonaquadrupedalorganism?Itisextremelycurious,isitnot?"

           "Yes,"saidCharles,whowasnotlisteningtohim.

           "Thisshowsus,"wentontheother,smilingwithbenignself-sufficiency,"theinnumerableirregularitiesofthenervoussystem.Withregardtomadame,shehasalwaysseemedtome,Iconfess,verysusceptible.AndsoIshouldbynomeansrecommendtoyou,mydearfriend,anyofthoseso-calledremediesthat,underthepretenceofattackingthesymptoms,attacktheconstitution.No;nouselessphysicking!Diet,thatisall;sedatives,emollients,dulcification.Then,don’tyouthinkthatperhapsherimaginationshouldbeworkedupon?"

           "Inwhatway?How?"saidBovary.

           "Ah!thatisit.Suchisindeedthequestion.‘Thatisthequestion,’asIlatelyreadinanewspaper."

           ButEmma,awaking,criedout

           "Theletter!theletter!"

           Theythoughtshewasdelirious;andshewasbymidnight.

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