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Chapter 7

           Thecoarsehardwarewasspreadoutonthegroundbetweenpyramidsofeggsandhampersofcheeses,fromwhichstickystrawstuckout.

           Nearthecorn-machinescluckinghenspassedtheirnecksthroughthebarsofflatcages.Thepeople,crowdinginthesameplaceandunwillingtomovethence,sometimesthreatenedtosmashtheshopfrontofthechemist.OnWednesdayshisshopwasneverempty,andthepeoplepushedinlesstobuydrugsthanforconsultations.SogreatwasHomais’reputationintheneighbouringvillages.Hisrobustaplombhadfascinatedtherustics.Theyconsideredhimagreaterdoctorthanallthedoctors.

           Emmawasleaningoutatthewindow;shewasoftenthere.Thewindowintheprovincesreplacesthetheatreandthepromenade,shewasamusingherselfwithwatchingthecrowdofboorswhenshesawagentlemaninagreenvelvetcoat.Hehadonyellowgloves,althoughheworeheavygaiters;hewascomingtowardsthedoctor’shouse,followedbyapeasantwalkingwithabentheadandquiteathoughtfulair.

           "CanIseethedoctor?"heaskedJustin,whowastalkingonthedoorstepswithFelicite,and,takinghimforaservantofthehouse"TellhimthatMonsieurRodolpheBoulangerofLaHuchetteishere."

           Itwasnotfromterritorialvanitythatthenewarrivaladded"ofLaHuchette"tohisname,buttomakehimselfthebetterknown.

           LaHuchette,infact,wasanestatenearYonville,wherehehadjustboughtthechateauandtwofarmsthathecultivatedhimself,without,however,troublingverymuchaboutthem.

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