Госпожа Бовари

Chapter 8

           Butthiswastheexaminationtime,andthefarmersoneaftertheotherenteredakindofenclosureformedbyalongcordsupportedonsticks.

           Thebeastswerethere,theirnosestowardsthecord,andmakingaconfusedlinewiththeirunequalrumps.Drowsypigswereburrowingintheearthwiththeirsnouts,calveswerebleating,lambsbaaing;thecows,onkneesfoldedin,werestretchingtheirbelliesonthegrass,slowlychewingthecud,andblinkingtheirheavyeyelidsatthegnatsthatbuzzedroundthem.Plough-menwithbarearmswereholdingbythehalterprancingstallionsthatneighedwithdilatednostrilslookingtowardsthemares.Thesestoodquietly,stretchingouttheirheadsandflowingmanes,whiletheirfoalsrestedintheirshadow,ornowandthencameandsuckedthem.Andabovethelongundulationofthesecrowdedanimalsonesawsomewhitemanerisinginthewindlikeawave,orsomesharphornsstickingout,andtheheadsofmenrunningabout.Apart,outsidetheenclosure,ahundredpacesoff,wasalargeblackbull,muzzled,withanironringinitsnostrils,andwhomovednomorethanifhehadbeeninbronze.Achildinragswasholdinghimbyarope.

           Betweenthetwolinesthecommittee-menwerewalkingwithheavysteps,examiningeachanimal,thenconsultingoneanotherinalowvoice.Onewhoseemedofmoreimportancenowandthentooknotesinabookashewalkedalong.Thiswasthepresidentofthejury,MonsieurDerozeraysdelaPanville.

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