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Chapter 6

           Shewalkedrapidly;thefreshaircalmingher;and,littlebylittle,thefacesofthecrowd,themasks,thequadrilles,thelights,thesupper,thosewomen,alldisappearedlikemistsfadingaway.Then,reachingthe"Croix-Rouge,"shethrewherselfonthebedinherlittleroomonthesecondfloor,wheretherewerepicturesofthe"TourdeNesle."Atfouro’clockHivertawokeher.

           Whenshegothome,Feliciteshowedherbehindtheclockagreypaper.Sheread

           "Invirtueoftheseizureinexecutionofajudgment."

           Whatjudgment?Asamatteroffact,theeveningbeforeanotherpaperhadbeenbroughtthatshehadnotyetseen,andshewasstunnedbythesewords

           "Byorderoftheking,law,andjustice,toMadameBovary."Then,skippingseverallines,sheread,"Withintwenty-fourhours,withoutfail—"Butwhat?"Topaythesumofeightthousandfrancs."Andtherewasevenatthebottom,"Shewillbeconstrainedtheretobyeveryformoflaw,andnotablybyawritofdistraintonherfurnitureandeffects."

           Whatwastobedone?Intwenty-fourhourstomorrow.Lheureux,shethought,wantedtofrightenheragain;forshesawthroughallhisdevices,theobjectofhiskindnesses.Whatreassuredherwastheverymagnitudeofthesum.

           However,bydintofbuyingandnotpaying,ofborrowing,signingbills,andrenewingthesebillsthatgrewateachnewfalling-in,shehadendedbypreparingacapitalforMonsieurLheureuxwhichhewasimpatientlyawaitingforhisspeculations.

           Shepresentedherselfathisplacewithanoffhandair.

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