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Chapter 7

           Ifshewereobliged,likesomanyothers,toearnherliving,shewouldn’thavethesevapours,thatcometoherfromalotofideasshestuffsintoherhead,andfromtheidlenessinwhichshelives.

           Yetsheisalwaysbusy,"saidCharles.

           "Ah!alwaysbusyatwhat?Readingnovels,badbooks,worksagainstreligion,andinwhichtheymockatpriestsinspeechestakenfromVoltaire.Butallthatleadsyoufarastray,mypoorchild.Anyonewhohasnoreligionalwaysendsbyturningoutbadly."

           SoitwasdecidedtostopEmmareadingnovels.Theenterprisedidnotseemeasy.Thegoodladyundertookit.Shewas,whenshepassedthroughRouen,togoherselftothelending-libraryandrepresentthatEmmahaddiscontinuedhersubscription.Wouldtheynothavearighttoapplytothepoliceifthelibrarianpersistedallthesameinhispoisonoustrade?Thefarewellsofmotheranddaughter-in-lawwerecold.Duringthethreeweeksthattheyhadbeentogethertheyhadnotexchangedhalf-a-dozenwordsapartfromtheinquiriesandphraseswhentheymetattableandintheeveningbeforegoingtobed.

           MadameBovaryleftonaWednesday,themarket-dayatYonville.

           ThePlacesincemorninghadbeenblockedbyarowofcarts,which,onendandtheirshaftsintheair,spreadallalongthelineofhousesfromthechurchtotheinn.Ontheothersidetherewerecanvasbooths,wherecottonchecks,blankets,andwoollenstockingsweresold,togetherwithharnessforhorses,andpacketsofblueribbon,whoseendsflutteredinthewind.

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