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«I DON’T CLAIM TO BE A GREAT LADY»
G. FLAUBERT, Sentimental Education
1.
The fire in the hearth had gone out; the rain lashed against the window-panes. Madame Arnoux sat motionless with her hands on the arms of her chair; the ribbons of her cap hung down like the head-bands of a sphinx;

2.
Her clear-cut profile stood out in pale relief in the dusk.

3.
He longed to throw himself on his knees. There was a creaking noise in the corridor; he did not dare.
Frédéric: (If she doesn’t want me, let her throw me out! If she wants me, let her give me some encouragement!)

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4.
Frédéric: Then you don’t agree that a man may love… a woman?
Madame Arnoux: If she is free, he marries her; if she belongs to another, he leaves her alone.

5.
Frédéric:Then happiness is unattainable?
Madame Arnoux: No. But it is never to be found in falsehood, anxiety, and remorse.
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6.
Frédéric: What does that matter, if it affords sublime joys?
Madame Arnoux: The price of the experience is too high.

7.
Frédéric: So virtue is nothing but cowardice?
Madame Arnoux: I should prefer to call it perspicacity. Even for women who forget duty or religion, mere common sense may be enough. Selfishness makes a solid foundation for good behavior.

8.
Frédéric: Oh, what a collection of middle-class maxims!
Madame Arnoux: But I don’t claim to be a great lady.

9.
Child Mamma, are you coming down to dinner?
Madame Arnoux: Yes, in a minute.

10.
Frédéric got up; at the same time Marthe appeared. He could not make up his mind to go.
Frédéric: Then those women you were speaking of are utterly heartless?
Madame Arnoux: No, but they are deaf when necessary.

11.
And she stood there, in the doorway of her room, with her two children at her sides. He bowed without a word. She acknowledged his bow in silence.