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Chapter 12

           Butwiththatsuperiorcriticaljudgmentthatbelongstohimwho,innomatterwhatcircumstance,holdsback,Rodolphesawotherdelightstobegotoutofthislove.Hethoughtallmodestyintheway.Hetreatedherquitesansfacon.Hemadeofhersomethingsuppleandcorrupt.Herswasanidioticsortofattachment,fullofadmirationforhim,ofvoluptuousnessforher,abeatitudethatbenumbedher;hersoulsankintothisdrunkenness,shrivelledup,drownedinit,likeClarenceinhisbuttofMalmsey.

           BythemereeffectofherloveMadameBovary’smannerschanged.Herlooksgrewbolder,herspeechmorefree;sheevencommittedtheimproprietyofwalkingoutwithMonsieurRodolphe,acigaretteinhermouth,"asiftodefythepeople."Atlast,thosewhostilldoubteddoubtednolongerwhenonedaytheysawhergettingoutofthe"Hirondelle,"herwaistsqueezedintoawaistcoatlikeaman;andMadameBovarysenior,who,afterafearfulscenewithherhusband,hadtakenrefugeatherson’s,wasnottheleastscandalisedofthewomen-folk.Manyotherthingsdispleasedher.First,Charleshadnotattendedtoheradviceabouttheforbiddingofnovels;thenthe"waysofthehouse"annoyedher;sheallowedherselftomakesomeremarks,andtherewerequarrels,especiallyoneonaccountofFelicite.

           MadameBovarysenior,theeveningbefore,passingalongthepassage,hadsurprisedherincompanyofamanamanwithabrowncollar,aboutfortyyearsold,who,atthesoundofherstep,hadquicklyescapedthroughthekitchen.

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