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1、ASIMPLESOULASIMPLESOULByGustaveFlaubert33ASIMPLESOULCHAPTERIForhalfacenturythehousewivesofPont-l'EvequehadenviedMadameAubainherservantFelicite.Forahundredfrancsayear,shecookedanddidthehousework,washed,ironed,mended,harnessedthehorse,fattenedthepoultry,madethebutterandremainedfaithfulto
2、hermistress--althoughthelatterwasbynomeansanagreeableperson.MadameAubainhadmarriedacomelyyouthwithoutanymoney,whodiedinthebeginningof1809,leavingherwithtwoyoungchildrenandanumberofdebts.ShesoldallherpropertyexceptingthefarmofToucquesandthefarmofGeffosses,theincomeofwhichbarelyamountedt
3、o5,000francs;thensheleftherhouseinSaint-Melaine,andmovedintoalesspretentiousonewhichhadbelongedtoherancestorsandstoodbackofthemarket-place.Thishouse,withitsslate-coveredroof,wasbuiltbetweenapassage-wayandanarrowstreetthatledtotheriver.Theinteriorwassounevenlygradedthatitcausedpeopletos
4、tumble.Anarrowhallseparatedthekitchenfromtheparlour,whereMadameAubainsatalldayinastrawarmchairnearthewindow.Eightmahoganychairsstoodinarowagainstthewhitewainscoting.Anoldpiano,standingbeneathabarometer,wascoveredwithapyramidofoldbooksandboxes.Oneithersideoftheyellowmarblemantelpiece,in
5、LouisXV.style,stoodatapestryarmchair.TheclockrepresentedatempleofVesta;andthewholeroomsmelledmusty,asitwasonalowerlevelthanthegarden.OnthefirstfloorwasMadame'sbed-chamber,alargeroompaperedinaflowereddesignandcontainingtheportraitofMonsieurdressedinthecostumeofadandy.Itcommunicatedwitha
6、smallerroom,inwhichthereweretwolittlecribs,withoutanymattresses.Next,cametheparlour(alwaysclosed),filledwithfurniturecoveredwithsheets.Thenahall,whichledtothestudy,wherebooksandpaperswerepiledontheshelvesofabook-casethatenclosedthreequartersofthebigblackdesk.Twopanelswereentirelyhidden
7、underpen-and-inksketches,GouachelandscapesandAudranengravings,relicsofbettertimesandvanished33ASIMPLESOULluxury.Onthesecondfloor,agarret-windowlightedFelicite'sroom,whichlookedoutuponthemeadows.Shearoseatdaybreak,inordertoattendmass,andsheworkedwithoutinterruptionuntilnight;then,when
