Madame Bovary - Penn State University

Flaubert“You will tire yourself, my darling!” said Bovary. And, push-Chapter Fourourteening her gently to make her go into the arbour, “Sit down onthis seat; you’ll be comfortable.”TO BEGIN WITH, he did not know how he could pay MonsieurHomais for all the physic supplied by him, and though,“Oh! no; not there!” she said in a faltering voice.She was seized with giddiness, and from that evening her as a medical man, he was not obliged to pay for it, he neverthelessblushed a little at such an obligation. Then the ex-illness recommenced, with a more uncertain character, it istrue, and more complex symptoms. Now she suffered in her penses of the household, now that the servant was mistress,heart, then in the chest, the head, the limbs; she had vomitings, became terrible. Bills rained in upon the house; the tradesmengrumbled; Monsieur Lheureux especially harassed him.in which Charles thought he saw the first signs of cancer.And besides this, the poor fellow was worried about money In fact, at the height of Emma’s illness, the latter, taking advantageof the circumstances to make his bill larger, had hur-matters.riedly brought the cloak, the travelling-bag, two trunks insteadof one, and a number of other things. It was very wellfor Charles to say he did not want them. The tradesman answeredarrogantly that these articles had been ordered, andthat he would not take them back; besides, it would vex madamein her convalescence; the doctor had better think it over;in short, he was resolved to sue him rather than give up hisrights and take back his goods. Charles subsequently orderedthem to be sent back to the shop. Felicite forgot; he had otherthings to attend to; then thought no more about them. Mon-181