Chapter 11

           ThenextdayCharleshadthechildbroughtback.Sheaskedforhermamma.Theytoldhershewasaway;thatshewouldbringherbacksomeplaythings.Berthespokeofheragainseveraltimes,thenatlastthoughtnomoreofher.Thechild’sgaietybrokeBovary’sheart,andhehadtobearbesidestheintolerableconsolationsofthechemist.

           Moneytroublessoonbeganagain,MonsieurLheureuxurgingonanewhisfriendVincart,andCharlespledgedhimselfforexorbitantsums;forhewouldneverconsenttoletthesmallestofthethingsthathadbelongedtoHERbesold.Hismotherwasexasperatedwithhim;hegrewevenmoreangrythanshedid.Hehadaltogetherchanged.Sheleftthehouse.

           Theneveryonebegan"takingadvantage"ofhim.MademoiselleLempereurpresentedabillforsixmonths’teaching,althoughEmmahadnevertakenalesson(despitethereceiptedbillshehadshownBovary);itwasanarrangementbetweenthetwowomen.Themanatthecirculatinglibrarydemandedthreeyears’subscriptions;MereRolletclaimedthepostagedueforsometwentyletters,andwhenCharlesaskedforanexplanation,shehadthedelicacytoreply—

           "Oh,Idon’tknow.Itwasforherbusinessaffairs."

           WitheverydebthepaidCharlesthoughthehadcometotheendofthem.Butothersfollowedceaselessly.Hesentinaccountsforprofessionalattendance.Hewasshownthelettershiswifehadwritten.Thenhehadtoapologise.