Madame Bovary - Penn State University

Madame Bovarypressing his little cocked hat to his breast repeated his bows, vestibule between the pillars while the common herd was opposite,standing up or sitting on chairs. As a matter of fact,while Tuvache, bent like a bow, also smiled, stammered, triedto say something, protested his devotion to the monarchy Lestiboudois had brought thither all those that he had movedand the honour that was being done to Yonville.from the field, and he even kept running back every minuteHippolyte, the groom from the inn, took the head of the to fetch others from the church. He caused such confusionhorses from the coachman, and, limping along with his clubfoot,led them to the door of the “Lion d’Or”, where a num-getting to the small steps of the platform.with this piece of business that one had great difficulty inber of peasants collected to look at the carriage. The drum “I think,” said Monsieur Lheureux to the chemist, who wasbeat, the howitzer thundered, and the gentlemen one by one passing to his place, “that they ought to have put up twomounted the platform, where they sat down in red utrecht Venetian masts with something rather severe and rich for ornaments;it would have been a very pretty effect.”velvet arm-chairs that had been lent by Madame Tuvache.All these people looked alike. Their fair flabby faces, somewhattanned by the sun, were the colour of sweet cider, and The mayor took everything on his own shoulders. He hasn’t“To be sure,” replied Homais; “but what can you expect?their puffy whiskers emerged from stiff collars, kept up by much taste. Poor Tuvache! and he is even completely destituteof what is called the genius of art.”white cravats with broad bows. All the waist-coats were ofvelvet, double-breasted; all the watches had, at the end of a Rodolphe, meanwhile, with Madame Bovary, had gone uplong ribbon, an oval cornelian seal; everyone rested his two to the first floor of the town hall, to the “council-room,” and,hands on his thighs, carefully stretching the stride of their as it was empty, he declared that they could enjoy the sighttrousers, whose unsponged glossy cloth shone more brilliantly there more comfortably. He fetched three stools from the roundthan the leather of their heavy boots.table under the bust of the monarch, and having carried themThe ladies of the company stood at the back under the to one of the windows, they sat down by each other.122