TowardstheendofFebruaryoldRouault，inmemoryofhiscure，himselfbroughthisson-in-lawasuperbturkey，andstayedthreedaysatTostes。Charlesbeingwithhispatients，Emmakepthimcompany。Hesmokedintheroom，spatonthefiredogs，talkedfarming，calves，cows，poultry，andmunicipalcouncil，sothatwhenheleftsheclosedthedooronhimwithafeelingofsatisfactionthatsurprisedevenherself。Moreovershenolongerconcealedhercontemptforanythingoranybody，andattimesshesetherselftoexpresssingularopinions，findingfaultwiththatwhichothersapproved，andapprovingthingsperverseandimmoral，allofwhichmadeherhusbandopenhiseyeswidely。
Wouldthismiserylastforever？Wouldsheneverissuefromit？
Yetshewasasgoodasallthewomenwhowerelivinghappily。ShehadseenduchessesatVaubyessardwithclumsierwaistsandcommonerways，andsheexecratedtheinjusticeofGod。Sheleantherheadagainstthewallstoweep；sheenviedlivesofstir；
longedformaskedballs，forviolentpleasures，withallthewildnessthatshedidnotknow，butthatthesemustsurelyyield。
Shegrewpaleandsufferedfrompalpitationsoftheheart。