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Chapter 2

           Heloisemadehimswear,hishandontheprayer-book,thathewouldgotherenomoreaftermuchsobbingandmanykisses,inagreatoutburstoflove.Heobeyedthen,butthestrengthofhisdesireprotestedagainsttheservilityofhisconduct;andhethought,withakindofnaivehypocrisy,thathisinterdicttoseehergavehimasortofrighttoloveher.Andthenthewidowwasthin;shehadlongteeth;woreinallweathersalittleblackshawl,theedgeofwhichhungdownbetweenhershoulder-blades;herbonyfigurewassheathedinherclothesasiftheywereascabbard;theyweretooshort,anddisplayedherankleswiththelacesofherlargebootscrossedovergreystockings.

           Charles’smothercametoseethemfromtimetotime,butafterafewdaysthedaughter-in-lawseemedtoputherownedgeonher,andthen,liketwoknives,theyscarifiedhimwiththeirreflectionsandobservations.Itwaswrongofhimtoeatsomuch.

           Whydidhealwaysofferaglassofsomethingtoeveryonewhocame?Whatobstinacynottowearflannels!InthespringitcameaboutthatanotaryatIngouville,theholderofthewidowDubuc’sproperty,onefinedaywentoff,takingwithhimallthemoneyinhisoffice.Heloise,itistrue,stillpossessed,besidesashareinaboatvaluedatsixthousandfrancs,herhouseintheRueSt.Francois;andyet,withallthisfortunethathadbeensotrumpetedabroad,nothing,exceptingperhapsalittlefurnitureandafewclothes,hadappearedinthehousehold.Thematterhadtobegoneinto

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