Госпожа Бовари

Chapter 15

           Ah!ifinthefreshnessofherbeauty,beforethesoilingofmarriageandthedisillusionsofadultery,shecouldhaveanchoredherlifeuponsomegreat,strongheart,thenvirtue,tenderness,voluptuousness,anddutyblending,shewouldneverhavefallenfromsohighahappiness.Butthathappiness,nodoubt,wasalieinventedforthedespairofalldesire.Shenowknewthesmallnessofthepassionsthatartexaggerated.So,strivingtodivertherthoughts,Emmadeterminednowtoseeinthisreproductionofhersorrowsonlyaplasticfantasy,wellenoughtopleasetheeye,andsheevensmiledinternallywithdisdainfulpitywhenatthebackofthestageunderthevelvethangingsamanappearedinablackcloak.

           HislargeSpanishhatfellatagesturehemade,andimmediatelytheinstrumentsandthesingersbeganthesextet.Edgar,flashingwithfury,dominatedalltheotherswithhisclearervoice;Ashtonhurledhomicidalprovocationsathimindeepnotes;Lucieutteredhershrillplaint,Arthuratoneside,hismodulatedtonesinthemiddleregister,andthebassoftheministerpealedforthlikeanorgan,whilethevoicesofthewomenrepeatinghiswordstookthemupinchorusdelightfully.Theywereallinarowgesticulating,andanger,vengeance,jealousy,terror,andstupefactionbreathedforthatoncefromtheirhalf-openedmouths.

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