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Madame Bovarythree days after he came to her room, shut the door, and said, She pointed out the difficulty of getting a purchaser. He“I must have some money.”held out the hope of finding one; but she asked him how sheShe declared she could not give him any. Lheureux burst should manage to sell it.into lamentations and reminded her of all the kindnesses he “Haven’t you your power of attorney?” he replied.had shown her.The phrase came to her like a breath of fresh air. “Leave meIn fact, of the two bills signed by Charles, Emma up to the the bill,” said Emma.present had paid only one. As to the second, the shopkeeper, at “Oh, it isn’t worth while,” answered Lheureux.her request, had consented to replace it by another, which again He came back the following week and boasted of having,had been renewed for a long date. Then he drew from his pocket after much trouble, at last discovered a certain Langlois, who,a list of goods not paid for; to wit, the curtains, the carpet, the for a long time, had had an eye on the property, but withoutmaterial for the armchairs, several dresses, and divers articles of mentioning his price.dress, the bills for which amounted to about two thousand francs. “Never mind the price!” she cried.She bowed her head. He went on—But they would, on the contrary, have to wait, to sound the“But if you haven’t any ready money, you have an estate.” fellow. The thing was worth a journey, and, as she could notAnd he reminded her of a miserable little hovel situated at undertake it, he offered to go to the place to have an interviewwith Langlois. On his return he announced that theBarneville, near Aumale, that brought in almost nothing. Ithad formerly been part of a small farm sold by Monsieur purchaser proposed four thousand francs.Bovary senior; for Lheureux knew everything, even to the Emma was radiant at this news.number of acres and the names of the neighbours.“Frankly,” he added, “that’s a good price.”“If I were in your place,” he said, “I should clear myself of She drew half the sum at once, and when she was about tomy debts, and have money left over.”pay her account the shopkeeper said—232

Flaubert“It really grieves me, on my word! to see you depriving Emma grew rather confused in her calculations, and heryourself all at once of such a big sum as that.”ears tingled as if gold pieces, bursting from their bags, rang allThen she looked at the bank-notes, and dreaming of the round her on the floor. At last Lheureux explained that heunlimited number of rendezvous represented by those two had a very good friend, Vincart, a broker at Rouen, who wouldthousand francs, she stammered—discount these four bills. Then he himself would hand over“What! what!”to madame the remainder after the actual debt was paid.“Oh!” he went on, laughing good-naturedly, “one puts anythingone likes on receipts. Don’t you think I know what teen hundred, for the friend Vincart (which was only fair)But instead of two thousand francs he brought only eigh-household affairs are?” And he looked at her fixedly, while in had deducted two hundred francs for commission and discount.Then he carelessly asked for a receipt.his hand he held two long papers that he slid between hisnails. At last, opening his pocket-book, he spread out on the “You understand—in business—sometimes. And with thetable four bills to order, each for a thousand francs. date, if you please, with the date.”“Sign these,” he said, “and keep it all!”A horizon of realisable whims opened out before Emma. SheShe cried out, scandalised.was prudent enough to lay by a thousand crowns, with which“But if I give you the surplus,” replied Monsieur Lheureux the first three bills were paid when they fell due; but the fourth,impudently, “is that not helping you?”by chance, came to the house on a Thursday, and Charles, quiteAnd taking a pen he wrote at the bottom of the account, upset, patiently awaited his wife’s return for an explanation.“Received of Madame Bovary four thousand francs.”If she had not told him about this bill, it was only to spare“Now who can trouble you, since in six months you’ll draw him such domestic worries; she sat on his knees, caressed him,the arrears for your cottage, and I don’t make the last bill due cooed to him, gave him a long enumeration of all the indispensablethings that had been got on till after you’ve been paid?”credit.233

<strong>Madame</strong> <strong>Bovary</strong>three days after he came to her room, shut the door, and said, She pointed out the difficulty of getting a purchaser. He“I must have some money.”held out the hope of finding one; but she asked him how sheShe declared she could not give him any. Lheureux burst should manage to sell it.into lamentations and reminded her of all the kindnesses he “Haven’t you your power of attorney?” he replied.had shown her.The phrase came to her like a breath of fresh air. “Leave meIn fact, of the two bills signed by Charles, Emma up to the the bill,” said Emma.present had paid only one. As to the second, the shopkeeper, at “Oh, it isn’t worth while,” answered Lheureux.her request, had consented to replace it by another, which again He came back the following week and boasted of having,had been renewed for a long date. Then he drew from his pocket after much trouble, at last discovered a certain Langlois, who,a list of goods not paid for; to wit, the curtains, the carpet, the for a long time, had had an eye on the property, but withoutmaterial for the armchairs, several dresses, and divers articles of mentioning his price.dress, the bills for which amounted to about two thousand francs. “Never mind the price!” she cried.She bowed her head. He went on—But they would, on the contrary, have to wait, to sound the“But if you haven’t any ready money, you have an estate.” fellow. The thing was worth a journey, and, as she could notAnd he reminded her of a miserable little hovel situated at undertake it, he offered to go to the place to have an interviewwith Langlois. On his return he announced that theBarneville, near Aumale, that brought in almost nothing. Ithad formerly been part of a small farm sold by Monsieur purchaser proposed four thousand francs.<strong>Bovary</strong> senior; for Lheureux knew everything, even to the Emma was radiant at this news.number of acres and the names of the neighbours.“Frankly,” he added, “that’s a good price.”“If I were in your place,” he said, “I should clear myself of She drew half the sum at once, and when she was about tomy debts, and have money left over.”pay her account the shopkeeper said—232

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