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Chapter 3

           Hefoundallashehadleftit,thatistosay,asitwasfivemonthsago.Thepeartreeswerealreadyinblossom,andFarmerRouault,onhislegsagain,cameandwent,makingthefarmmorefulloflife.

           Thinkingithisdutytoheapthegreatestattentionuponthedoctorbecauseofhissadposition,hebeggedhimnottotakehishatoff,spoketohiminanundertoneasifhehadbeenill,andevenpretendedtobeangrybecausenothingratherlighterhadbeenpreparedforhimthanfortheothers,suchasalittleclottedcreamorstewedpears.Hetoldstories.Charlesfoundhimselflaughing,buttheremembranceofhiswifesuddenlycomingbacktohimdepressedhim.Coffeewasbroughtin;hethoughtnomoreabouther.

           Hethoughtlessofherashegrewaccustomedtolivingalone.Thenewdelightofindependencesoonmadehislonelinessbearable.Hecouldnowchangehismeal-times,goinoroutwithoutexplanation,andwhenhewasverytiredstretchhimselfatfulllengthonhisbed.Sohenursedandcoddledhimselfandacceptedtheconsolationsthatwereofferedhim.Ontheotherhand,thedeathofhiswifehadnotservedhimillinhisbusiness,sinceforamonthpeoplehadbeensaying,"Thepooryoungman!whataloss!"Hisnamehadbeentalkedabout,hispracticehadincreased;andmoreover,hecouldgototheBertauxjustasheliked.Hehadanaimlesshope,andwasvaguelyhappy;hethoughthimselfbetterlookingashebrushedhiswhiskersbeforethelooking-glass.

           Onedayhegotthereaboutthreeo’clock.Everybodywasinthefields.

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