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Chapter 9

           AtdaybreakMadameBovaryseniorarrived.Charlesasheembracedherburstintoanotherfloodoftears.Shetried,asthechemisthaddone,tomakesomeremarkstohimontheexpensesofthefuneral.Hebecamesoangrythatshewassilent,andheevencommissionedhertogototownatonceandbuywhatwasnecessary.

           Charlesremainedalonethewholeafternoon;theyhadtakenBerthetoMadameHomais’;FelicitewasintheroomupstairswithMadameLefrancois.

           Intheeveninghehadsomevisitors.Herose,pressedtheirhands,unabletospeak.Thentheysatdownnearoneanother,andformedalargesemicircleinfrontofthefire.Withloweredfaces,andswingingonelegcrossedovertheotherknee,theyuttereddeepsighsatintervals;eachonewasinordinatelybored,andyetnonewouldbethefirsttogo.

           Homais,whenhereturnedatnineo’clock(forthelasttwodaysonlyHomaisseemedtohavebeenonthePlace),wasladenwithastockofcamphor,ofbenzine,andaromaticherbs.Healsocarriedalargejarfullofchlorinewater,tokeepoffallmiasmata.Justthentheservant,MadameLefrancois,andMadameBovaryseniorwerebusyaboutEmma,finishingdressingher,andtheyweredrawingdownthelongstiffveilthatcoveredhertohersatinshoes.

           Felicitewassobbing"Ah!mypoormistress!mypoormistress!"

           "Lookather,"saidthelandlady,sighing;"howprettyshestillis!Now,couldn’tyouswearshewasgoingtogetupinaminute?"

           Thentheybentoverhertoputonherwreath.

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