![]() The dog-cart was brought to the foot of the steps, and, all the parcels being crammed in, the Bovarys paid their respects to the Marquis and Marchioness and set out again for Tostes.Įmma watched the turning wheels in silence. The carriage harness was piled up in the middle against two twisted columns, and the bits, the whips, the spurs, the curbs, were ranged in a line all along the wall.Ĭharles, meanwhile, went to ask a groom to put his horse to. Each animal in its stall whisked its tail when anyone went near and said “Tchk! tchk!” The boards of the harness room shone like the flooring of a drawing room. The Marquis, to amuse the young woman, took her to see the stables.Ībove the basket-shaped racks porcelain slabs bore the names of the horses in black letters. The orangery, which was at the other end, led by a covered way to the outhouses of the chateau. Next, Mademoiselle d’Andervilliers collected some pieces of roll in a small basket to take them to the swans on the ornamental waters, and they went to walk in the hot-houses, where strange plants, bristling with hairs, rose in pyramids under hanging vases, whence, as from over-filled nests of serpents, fell long green cords interlacing. The repast lasted ten minutes no liqueurs were served, which astonished the doctor. There were a great many people to luncheon. She undressed, and cowered down between the sheets against Charles, who was asleep. Lives, have penetrated, blended with them.
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