Madame Bovary - Penn State University

Madame Bovarypressing them to his lips when a servant appeared to tell the “Let’s go to Bridoux’. It’s just by here, in the Rue Malpalu.”gentleman that he was wanted.Then, through cowardice, through stupidity, through that“You will come back?” she said.indefinable feeling that drags us into the most distasteful“Yes.”acts, he allowed himself to be led off to Bridoux’, whom“But when?”they found in his small yard, superintending three workmen,who panted as they turned the large wheel of a ma-“Immediately.”“It’s a trick,” said the chemist, when he saw Leon. “I wanted chine for making seltzer-water. Homais gave them some goodto interrupt this visit, that seemed to me to annoy you. Let’s advice. He embraced Bridoux; they took some garus. Twentygo and have a glass of garus at Bridoux’.”times Leon tried to escape, but the other seized him by theLeon vowed that he must get back to his office. Then the arm saying—druggist joked him about quill-drivers and the law.“Presently! I’m coming! We’ll go to the ‘Fanal de Rouen’ to“Leave Cujas and Barthole alone a bit. Who the devil preventsyou? Be a man! Let’s go to Bridoux’. You’ll see his dog. At last he managed to get rid of him, and rushed straight tosee the fellows there. I’ll introduce you to Thornassin.”It’s very interesting.”the hotel. Emma was no longer there. She had just gone in aAnd as the clerk still insisted—fit of anger. She detested him now. This failing to keep their“I’ll go with you. I’ll read a paper while I wait for you, or rendezvous seemed to her an insult, and she tried to rake upturn over the leaves of a ‘Code.’”other reasons to separate herself from him. He was incapableLeon, bewildered by Emma’s anger, Monsieur Homais’ chatter,and, perhaps, by the heaviness of the luncheon, was undecioustoo, and cowardly.of heroism, weak, banal, more spiritless than a woman, avaricided,and, as it were, fascinated by the chemist, who kept Then, growing calmer, she at length discovered that she had,repeating—no doubt, calumniated him. But the disparaging of those we240