Part 2

Chapter 1

           Yonville-l’Abbaye(socalledfromanoldCapuchinabbeyofwhichnoteventheruinsremain)isamarket-towntwenty-fourmilesfromRouen,betweentheAbbevilleandBeauvaisroads,atthefootofavalleywateredbytheRieule,alittleriverthatrunsintotheAndelleafterturningthreewater-millsnearitsmouth,wherethereareafewtroutthattheladsamusethemselvesbyfishingforonSundays.

           WeleavethehighroadatLaBoissiereandkeepstraightontothetopoftheLeuxhill,whencethevalleyisseen.Theriverthatrunsthroughitmakesofit,asitwere,tworegionswithdistinctphysiognomiesallontheleftispastureland,alloftherightarable.ThemeadowstretchesunderabulgeoflowhillstojoinatthebackwiththepasturelandoftheBraycountry,whileontheeasternside,theplain,gentlyrising,broadensout,showingasfaraseyecanfollowitsblondcornfields.Thewater,flowingbythegrass,divideswithawhitelinethecolouroftheroadsandoftheplains,andthecountryislikeagreatunfoldedmantlewithagreenvelvetcapeborderedwithafringeofsilver.

           Beforeus,onthevergeofthehorizon,lietheoaksoftheforestofArgueil,withthesteepsoftheSaint-Jeanhillsscarredfromtoptobottomwithredirregularlines;theyareraintracks,andthesebrick-tonesstandingoutinnarrowstreaksagainstthegreycolourofthemountainareduetothequantityofironspringsthatflowbeyondintheneighboringcountry.

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