Госпожа Бовари

Chapter 9

           Aftershehadwellscoldedherservantshegaveherpresentsorsentherouttoseeneighbours,justasshesometimesthrewbeggarsallthesilverinherpurse,althoughshewasbynomeanstender-heartedoreasilyaccessibletothefeelingsofothers,likemostcountry-bredpeople,whoalwaysretainintheirsoulssomethingofthehornyhardnessofthepaternalhands.

           TowardstheendofFebruaryoldRouault,inmemoryofhiscure,himselfbroughthisson-in-lawasuperbturkey,andstayedthreedaysatTostes.Charlesbeingwithhispatients,Emmakepthimcompany.Hesmokedintheroom,spatonthefiredogs,talkedfarming,calves,cows,poultry,andmunicipalcouncil,sothatwhenheleftsheclosedthedooronhimwithafeelingofsatisfactionthatsurprisedevenherself.Moreovershenolongerconcealedhercontemptforanythingoranybody,andattimesshesetherselftoexpresssingularopinions,findingfaultwiththatwhichothersapproved,andapprovingthingsperverseandimmoral,allofwhichmadeherhusbandopenhiseyeswidely.

           Wouldthismiserylastforever?Wouldsheneverissuefromit?Yetshewasasgoodasallthewomenwhowerelivinghappily.ShehadseenduchessesatVaubyessardwithclumsierwaistsandcommonerways,andsheexecratedtheinjusticeofGod.Sheleantherheadagainstthewallstoweep;sheenviedlivesofstir;longedformaskedballs,forviolentpleasures,withallthewildnessthatshedidnotknow,butthatthesemustsurelyyield.

           Shegrewpaleandsufferedfrompalpitationsoftheheart.

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