Madame Bovary - Penn State University

Flaubertmen like patriarchs who were there, and of whom some, the veritable kaleidoscope, a real operatic scene; and for a momentour little locality might have thought itself transportedremnants of our phalanxes, still felt their hearts beat at themanly sound of the drums.” He cited himself among the first into the midst of a dream of the ‘Thousand and One Nights.’of the members of the jury, and he even called attention in a “Let us state that no untoward event disturbed this familynote to the fact that Monsieur Homais, chemist, had sent a meeting.” And he added “Only the absence of the clergy wasmemoir on cider to the agricultural society.remarked. No doubt the priests understand progress in anotherfashion. Just as you please, messieurs the followers ofWhen he came to the distribution of the prizes, he paintedthe joy of the prize-winners in dithyrambic strophes. “The fatherembraced the son, the brother the brother, the husband hisLoyola!”consort. More than one showed his humble medal with pride;and no doubt when he got home to his good housewife, hehung it up weeping on the modest walls of his cot.“About six o’clock a banquet prepared in the meadow ofMonsieur Leigeard brought together the principal personagesof the fete.The greatest cordiality reigned here. Divers toasts were proposed:Monsieur Lieuvain, the King; Monsieur Tuvache, thePrefect; Monsieur Derozerays, Agriculture; Monsieur Homais,Industry and the Fine Arts, those twin sisters; MonsieurLeplichey, Progress. In the evening some brilliant fireworkson a sudden illumined the air. One would have called it a133