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Chapter 3

           HegaveMadameBovaryinformationastothetrades-people,sentexpresslyforhisowncidermerchant,tastedthedrinkhimself,andsawthatthecaskswereproperlyplacedinthecellar;heexplainedhowtosetaboutgettinginasupplyofbuttercheap,andmadeanarrangementwithLestiboudois,thesacristan,who,besideshissacerdotalandfuneralfunctions,lookedaftertheprincipalgardensatYonvillebythehourortheyear,accordingtothetasteofthecustomers.

           Theneedoflookingafterotherswasnottheonlythingthaturgedthechemisttosuchobsequiouscordiality;therewasaplanunderneathitall.

           Hehadinfringedthelawofthe19thVentose,yearxi.,articleI,whichforbadeallpersonsnothavingadiplomatopractisemedicine;sothat,aftercertainanonymousdenunciations,HomaishadbeensummonedtoRouentoseetheprocurerofthekinginhisownprivateroom;themagistratereceivinghimstandingup,ermineonshoulderandcaponhead.Itwasinthemorning,beforethecourtopened.Inthecorridorsoneheardtheheavybootsofthegendarmeswalkingpast,andlikeafar-offnoisegreatlocksthatwereshut.Thedruggist’searstingledasifhewereabouttohaveanapoplecticstroke;hesawthedepthsofdungeons,hisfamilyintears,hisshopsold,allthejarsdispersed;andhewasobligedtoenteracafeandtakeaglassofrumandseltzertorecoverhisspirits.

           Littlebylittlethememoryofthisreprimandgrewfainter,andhecontinued,asheretofore,togiveanodyneconsultationsinhisback-parlour.

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