Chapter 5

           ShewentonThursdays.Shegotupanddressedsilently,inordernottoawakenCharles,whowouldhavemaderemarksabouthergettingreadytooearly.Nextshewalkedupanddown,wenttothewindows,andlookedoutatthePlace.Theearlydawnwasbroadeningbetweenthepillarsofthemarket,andthechemist’sshop,withtheshuttersstillup,showedinthepalelightofthedawnthelargelettersofhissignboard.

           Whentheclockpointedtoaquarterpastseven,shewentofftothe"Liond’Or,"whosedoorArtemiseopenedyawning.Thegirlthenmadeupthecoalscoveredbythecinders,andEmmaremainedaloneinthekitchen.Nowandagainshewentout.Hivertwasleisurelyharnessinghishorses,listening,moreover,toMereLefrancois,who,passingherheadandnightcapthroughagrating,wascharginghimwithcommissionsandgivinghimexplanationsthatwouldhaveconfusedanyoneelse.Emmakeptbeatingthesolesofherbootsagainstthepavementoftheyard.

           Atlast,whenhehadeatenhissoup,putonhiscloak,lightedhispipe,andgraspedhiswhip,hecalmlyinstalledhimselfonhisseat.

           The"Hirondelle"startedataslowtrot,andforaboutamilestoppedhereandtheretopickuppassengerswhowaitedforit,standingattheborderoftheroad,infrontoftheiryardgates.

           Thosewhohadsecuredseatstheeveningbeforekeptitwaiting;someevenwerestillinbedintheirhouses.Hivertcalled,shouted,swore;thenhegotdownfromhisseatandwentandknockedloudlyatthedoors.Thewindblewthroughthecrackedwindows.