Госпожа Бовари

Chapter 1

           "Andontheright,thisgentlemanallencasediniron,ontheprancinghorse,ishisgrandson,LouisdeBreze,lordofBrevalandofMontchauvet,CountdeMaulevrier,BarondeMauny,chamberlaintotheking,KnightoftheOrder,andalsogovernorofNormandy;diedonthe23rdofJuly,1531aSunday,astheinscriptionspecifies;andbelow,thisfigure,abouttodescendintothetomb,portraysthesameperson.Itisnotpossible,isit,toseeamoreperfectrepresentationofannihilation?"

           MadameBovaryputuphereyeglasses.Leon,motionless,lookedather,nolongerevenattemptingtospeakasingleword,tomakeagesture,sodiscouragedwasheatthistwo-foldobstinacyofgossipandindifference.

           Theeverlastingguidewenton

           "Nearhim,thiskneelingwomanwhoweepsishisspouse,DianedePoitiers,CountessdeBreze,DuchessdeValentinois,bornin1499,diedin1566,andtotheleft,theonewiththechildistheHolyVirgin.Nowturntothisside;herearethetombsoftheAmbroise.TheywerebothcardinalsandarchbishopsofRouen.ThatonewasministerunderLouisXII.Hedidagreatdealforthecathedral.Inhiswillheleftthirtythousandgoldcrownsforthepoor."

           Andwithoutstopping,stilltalking,hepushedthemintoachapelfullofbalustrades,someputaway,anddisclosedakindofblockthatcertainlymightoncehavebeenanill-madestatue.

           "Truly,"hesaidwithagroan,"itadornedthetombofRichardCoeurdeLion,KingofEnglandandDukeofNormandy.ItwastheCalvinists,sir,whoreducedittothiscondition.

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