Chapter 5

           ItwasaSundayinFebruary,anafternoonwhenthesnowwasfalling.

           Theyhadall,MonsieurandMadameBovary,Homais,andMonsieurLeon,gonetoseeayarn-millthatwasbeingbuiltinthevalleyamileandahalffromYonville.ThedruggisthadtakenNapoleonandAthalietogivethemsomeexercise,andJustinaccompaniedthem,carryingtheumbrellasonhisshoulder.

           Nothing,however,couldbelesscuriousthanthiscuriosity.Agreatpieceofwasteground,onwhichpell-mell,amidamassofsandandstones,wereafewbreak-wheels,alreadyrusty,surroundedbyaquadrangularbuildingpiercedbyanumberoflittlewindows.Thebuildingwasunfinished;theskycouldbeseenthroughthejoistsoftheroofing.Attachedtothestop-plankofthegableabunchofstrawmixedwithcorn-earsfluttereditstricolouredribbonsinthewind.

           Homaiswastalking.Heexplainedtothecompanythefutureimportanceofthisestablishment,computedthestrengthofthefloorings,thethicknessofthewalls,andregrettedextremelynothavingayard-sticksuchasMonsieurBinetpossessedforhisownspecialuse.

           Emma,whohadtakenhisarm,bentlightlyagainsthisshoulder,andshelookedatthesun’sdiscsheddingafarthroughthemisthispalesplendour.Sheturned.Charleswasthere.Hiscapwasdrawndownoverhiseyebrows,andhistwothicklipsweretrembling,whichaddedalookofstupiditytohisface;hisveryback,hiscalmback,wasirritatingtobehold,andshesawwrittenuponhiscoatalltheplatitudeofthebearer.

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