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Flaubert“I ask nothing better”, the farmer went on. “Although, no The winter passed waiting for this. Mademoiselle Rouaultdoubt, the little one is of my mind, still we must ask her was busy with her trousseau. Part of it was ordered at Rouen,opinion. So you get off—I’ll go back home. If it is “yes”, you and she made herself chemises and nightcaps after fashionplatesthat she borrowed. When Charles visited the farmer,needn’t return because of all the people about, and besides itwould upset her too much. But so that you mayn’t be eating the preparations for the wedding were talked over; they wonderedin what room they should have dinner; they dreamedyour heart, I’ll open wide the outer shutter of the windowagainst the wall; you can see it from the back by leaning over of the number of dishes that would be wanted, and whatthe hedge.”should be entrees.And he went off.Emma would, on the contrary, have preferred to have aCharles fastened his horse to a tree; he ran into the road and midnight wedding with torches, but old Rouault could notwaited. Half an hour passed, then he counted nineteen minutesby his watch. Suddenly a noise was heard against the forty-three persons were present, at which they remained six-understand such an idea. So there was a wedding at whichwall; the shutter had been thrown back; the hook was still teen hours at table, began again the next day, and to someswinging.extent on the days following.The next day by nine o’clock he was at the farm. Emmablushed as he entered, and she gave a little forced laugh tokeep herself in countenance. Old Rouault embraced his futureson-in-law. The discussion of money matters was putoff; moreover, there was plenty of time before them, as themarriage could not decently take place till Charles was out ofmourning, that is to say, about the spring of the next year.23