Госпожа Бовари

Chapter 2

           "Ah!youdon’tknow!Well,then,Idoknow!Yousawabottleofblueglass,sealedwithyellowwax,thatcontainsawhitepowder,onwhichIhaveevenwritten‘Dangerous!’Anddoyouknowwhatisinit?Arsenic!Andyougoandtouchit!Youtakeapanthatwasnexttoit!"

           "Nexttoit!"criedMadameHoinais,claspingherhands."Arsenic!Youmighthavepoisonedusall."

           Andthechildrenbeganhowlingasiftheyalreadyhadfrightfulpainsintheirentrails.

           "Orpoisonapatient!"continuedthedruggist."Doyouwanttoseemeintheprisoner’sdockwithcriminals,inacourtofjustice?Toseemedraggedtothescaffold?Don’tyouknowwhatcareItakeinmanagingthings,althoughIamsothoroughlyusedtoit?OftenIamhorrifiedmyselfwhenIthinkofmyresponsibility;fortheGovernmentpersecutesus,andtheabsurdlegislationthatrulesusisaveritableDamocles’swordoverourheads."

           Emmanolongerdreamedofaskingwhattheywantedherfor,andthedruggistwentoninbreathlessphrases

           "Thatisyourreturnforallthekindnesswehaveshownyou!ThatishowyourecompensemeforthereallypaternalcarethatIlavishonyou!Forwithoutmewherewouldyoube?Whatwouldyoubedoing?Whoprovidesyouwithfood,education,clothes,andallthemeansoffiguringonedaywithhonourintheranksofsociety?Butyoumustpullhardattheoarifyou’retodothat,andget,as,peoplesay,callositiesuponyourhands.Fabricandofitfaber,agequodagis."

           HewassoexasperatedhequotedLatin.

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