Madame Bovary - Penn State University

FlaubertCharles, meanwhile, went to ask a groom to put his horse “There are even two cigars in it,” said he; “they’ll do for thisto. The dog-cart was brought to the foot of the steps, and, all evening after dinner.”the parcels being crammed in, the Bovarys paid their respects “Why, do you smoke?” she asked.to the Marquis and Marchioness and set out again for Tostes. “Sometimes, when I get a chance.”Emma watched the turning wheels in silence. Charles, on He put his find in his pocket and whipped up the nag.the extreme edge of the seat, held the reins with his two arms When they reached home the dinner was not ready. Madamelost her temper. Nastasie answered rudely.wide apart, and the little horse ambled along in the shaftsthat were too big for him. The loose reins hanging over his “Leave the room!” said Emma. “You are forgetting yourself.I give you warning.”crupper were wet with foam, and the box fastened on behindthe chaise gave great regular bumps against it.For dinner there was onion soup and a piece of veal withThey were on the heights of Thibourville when suddenly sorrel.some horsemen with cigars between their lips passed laughing. Charles, seated opposite Emma, rubbed his hands gleefully.Emma thought she recognized the Viscount, turned back, and “How good it is to be at home again!”caught on the horizon only the movement of the heads rising Nastasie could be heard crying. He was rather fond of theor falling with the unequal cadence of the trot or gallop. poor girl. She had formerly, during the wearisome time of hisA mile farther on they had to stop to mend with some widowhood, kept him company many an evening. She hadstring the traces that had broken.been his first patient, his oldest acquaintance in the place.But Charles, giving a last look to the harness, saw somethingon the ground between his horse’s legs, and he picked “Yes. Who is to prevent me?” she replied.“Have you given her warning for good?” he asked at last.up a cigar-case with a green silk border and beblazoned in the Then they warmed themselves in the kitchen while theircentre like the door of a carriage.room was being made ready. Charles began to smoke. He49