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Chapter 8

           Atthreeo’clockthecotillionbegan.Emmadidnotknowhowtowaltz.Everyonewaswaltzing,Mademoiselled’AndervilliersherselfandtheMarquis;onlytheguestsstayingatthecastlewerestillthere,aboutadozenpersons.

           Oneofthewaltzers,however,whowasfamiliarlycalledViscount,andwhoselowcutwaistcoatseemedmouldedtohischest,cameasecondtimetoaskMadameBovarytodance,assuringherthathewouldguideher,andthatshewouldgetthroughitverywell.

           Theybeganslowly,thenwentmorerapidly.Theyturned;allaroundthemwasturningthelamps,thefurniture,thewainscoting,thefloor,likeadisconapivot.OnpassingnearthedoorsthebottomofEmma’sdresscaughtagainsthistrousers.

           Theirlegscommingled;helookeddownather;sheraisedhereyestohis.Atorporseizedher;shestopped.Theystartedagain,andwithamorerapidmovement;theViscount,draggingheralongdisappearedwithhertotheendofthegallery,wherepanting,shealmostfell,andforamomentrestedherheaduponhisbreast.Andthen,stillturning,butmoreslowly,heguidedherbacktoherseat.Sheleanedbackagainstthewallandcoveredhereyeswithherhands.

           Whensheopenedthemagain,inthemiddleofthedrawingroomthreewaltzerswerekneelingbeforealadysittingonastool.

           ShechosetheViscount,andtheviolinstruckuponcemore.

           Everyonelookedatthem.Theypassedandre-passed,shewithrigidbody,herchinbentdown,andhealwaysinthesamepose,hisfigurecurved,hiselbowrounded,hischinthrownforward.

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