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like a carp after water on a kitchen-table. With three words of gallantry shed adore one, Im sure of it. Shed be tender, charming. Yes; but how to get rid of her afterwards? Then the difficulties of love-making seen in the distance made him by contrast think of his mistress. She was an actress at Rouen, whom he kept; and when he had pondered over this image, with which, even in remembrance, he was satiated Ah! Madame Bovary, he thought, is much prettier, especially fresher. Virginie is decidedly beginning to grow fat. She is so finikin about her pleasures; and, besides, she has a mania for prawns. The fields were empty, and around him Rodolphe only heard the regular beating of the grass striking against his boots, with a cry of the grasshopper hidden at a distance among the oats. He again saw Emma in her room, dressed as he had seen her, and he undressed her. Oh, I will have her, he cried, striking a blow with his stick at a clod in front of him. And he at once began to consider the political part of the enterprise. He asked himself Where shall we meet? By what means? We shall always be having the brat on our hands, and the servant, the neighbours, and husband, all sorts of worries. Pshaw! one would lose too much time over it. Then he resumed, She really has eyes that pierce ones heart like a gimlet. And that pale complexion! I adore pale women! When he reached the top of the Arguiel hills he had made up his mind. Its only finding the opportunities. Well, I will call in now and then. Ill send them venison, poultry; Ill have myself bled, if need be. We shall become friends; Ill invite them to my place. By Jove! added he, theres the agricultural show coming on. Shell be there. I shall see her. Well begin boldly, for thats the surest way. |
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