Госпожа Бовари

Chapter 6

           MonsieurLheureux,infact,wentinforpawnbroking,anditwastherethathehadputMadameBovary’sgoldchain,togetherwiththeearringsofpooroldTellier,who,atlastforcedtosellout,hadboughtameagrestoreofgroceryatQuincampoix,wherehewasdyingofcatarrhamongsthiscandles,thatwerelessyellowthanhisface.

           Lheureuxsatdowninalargecanearm-chair,saying:"Whatnews?"

           "See!"

           Andsheshowedhimthepaper.

           "WellhowcanIhelpit?"

           Thenshegrewangry,remindinghimofthepromisehehadgivennottopayawayherbills.Heacknowledgedit.

           "ButIwaspressedmyself;theknifewasatmyownthroat."

           "Andwhatwillhappennow?"shewenton.

           "Oh,it’sverysimple;ajudgmentandthenadistraintthat’saboutit!"

           Emmakeptdownadesiretostrikehim,andaskedgentlyiftherewasnowayofquietingMonsieurVincart.

           "Idaresay!QuietVincart!Youdon’tknowhim;he’smoreferociousthananArab!"

           StillMonsieurLheureuxmustinterfere.

           "Well,listen.ItseemstomesofarI’vebeenverygoodtoyou."Andopeningoneofhisledgers,"See,"hesaid.Thenrunningupthepagewithhisfinger,"Let’ssee!let’ssee!August3d,twohundredfrancs;June17th,ahundredandfifty;March23d,forty-six.InApril—"

           Hestopped,asifafraidofmakingsomemistake.

           "NottospeakofthebillssignedbyMonsieurBovary,oneforsevenhundredfrancs,andanotherforthreehundred.Astoyourlittleinstallments,withtheinterest,why,there’snoendto’em;onegetsquitemuddledover’em.

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