Madame Bovary - Penn State University

Madame Bovaryinquiries, to look into mortgages, and see if there were any The next morning she set out in the “Hirondelle” to go tooccasion for a sale by auction or a liquidation. She quoted Rouen to consult Monsieur Leon, and she stayed there threetechnical terms casually, pronounced the grand words of order,the future, foresight, and constantly exaggerated the dif-days.ficulties of settling his father’s affairs so much, that at last oneday she showed him the rough draft of a power of attorney tomanage and administer his business, arrange all loans, signand endorse all bills, pay all sums, etc. She had profited byLheureux’s lessons. Charles naively asked her where this papercame from.“Monsieur Guillaumin”; and with the utmost coolness sheadded, “I don’t trust him overmuch. Notaries have such a badreputation. Perhaps we ought to consult—we only know—no one.”“Unless Leon—” replied Charles, who was reflecting. Butit was difficult to explain matters by letter. Then she offeredto make the journey, but he thanked her. She insisted. It wasquite a contest of mutual consideration. At last she cried withaffected waywardness—“No, I will go!”“How good you are!” he said, kissing her forehead.218