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Chapter 8

           Homais,aswasduetohisprinciples,comparedprieststoravensattractedbytheodourofdeath.Thesightofanecclesiasticwaspersonallydisagreeabletohim,forthecassockmadehimthinkoftheshroud,andhedetestedtheonefromsomefearoftheother.

           Nevertheless,notshrinkingfromwhathecalledhismission,hereturnedtoBovary’sincompanywithCanivetwhomMonsieurLariviere,beforeleaving,hadstronglyurgedtomakethisvisit;andhewould,butforhiswife’sobjections,havetakenhistwosonswithhim,inordertoaccustomthemtogreatoccasions;thatthismightbealesson,anexample,asolemnpicture,thatshouldremainintheirheadslateron.

           Theroomwhentheywentinwasfullofmournfulsolemnity.Onthework-table,coveredoverwithawhitecloth,therewerefiveorsixsmallballsofcottoninasilverdish,nearalargecrucifixbetweentwolightedcandles.

           Emma,herchinsunkenuponherbreast,hadhereyesinordinatelywideopen,andherpoorhandswanderedoverthesheetswiththathideousandsoftmovementofthedying,thatseemsasiftheywantedalreadytocoverthemselveswiththeshroud.Paleasastatueandwitheyesredasfire,Charles,notweeping,stoodoppositeheratthefootofthebed,whilethepriest,bendingoneknee,wasmutteringwordsinalowvoice.

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