Госпожа Бовари

Chapter 9

           Themanylivesthatstirredamidthistumultwere,however,dividedintoparts,classedasdistinctpictures.Emmaperceivedonlytwoorthreethathidfromheralltherest,andinthemselvesrepresentedallhumanity.Theworldofambassadorsmovedoverpolishedfloorsindrawingroomslinedwithmirrors,roundovaltablescoveredwithvelvetandgold-fringedcloths.Thereweredresseswithtrains,deepmysteries,anguishhiddenbeneathsmiles.Thencamethesocietyoftheduchesses;allwerepale;allgotupatfouro’clock;thewomen,poorangels,woreEnglishpointontheirpetticoats;andthemen,unappreciatedgeniusesunderafrivolousoutwardseeming,rodehorsestodeathatpleasureparties,spentthesummerseasonatBaden,andtowardsthefortiesmarriedheiresses.Intheprivateroomsofrestaurants,whereonesupsaftermidnightbythelightofwaxcandles,laughedthemotleycrowdofmenoflettersandactresses.Theywereprodigalaskings,fullofideal,ambitious,fantasticfrenzy.Thiswasanexistenceoutsidethatofallothers,betweenheavenandearth,inthemidstofstorms,havingsomethingofthesublime.Fortherestoftheworlditwaslost,withnoparticularplaceandasifnon-existent.Thenearerthingswere,moreover,themoreherthoughtsturnedawayfromthem.Allherimmediatesurroundings,thewearisomecountry,themiddle-classimbeciles,themediocrityofexistence,seemedtoherexceptional,apeculiarchancethathadcaughtholdofher,whilebeyondstretched,asfaraseyecouldsee,animmenselandofjoysandpassions.

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