. The complete works of Gustave Flaubert; embracing romances, travels, comedies, sketches and correspondence; . CHAPTER XII. COMBOURG. LETTER from the Viscount V6sinwas to gain us entrance to the castle. So as soon as we arrived, wecalled on the steward, M. Corve- sier. They ushered us into a largekitchen where a young lady in black,marked by smallpox and wearing, horn spectacles overher prominent eyes, was stemming currants. Thekettle was on the fire and tliey were crushingsugar with bottles. It was evident +hat we were in-truding. After several minutes had ^.apsed, we wereinformed that M. Co
. The complete works of Gustave Flaubert; embracing romances, travels, comedies, sketches and correspondence; . CHAPTER XII. COMBOURG. LETTER from the Viscount V6sinwas to gain us entrance to the castle. So as soon as we arrived, wecalled on the steward, M. Corve- sier. They ushered us into a largekitchen where a young lady in black,marked by smallpox and wearing, horn spectacles overher prominent eyes, was stemming currants. Thekettle was on the fire and tliey were crushingsugar with bottles. It was evident +hat we were in-truding. After several minutes had ^.apsed, we wereinformed that M. Corvesier was confined to his bedwith a fever and was very sorry that he could not beof any service to us, but sent us his regards. In themeantime, his clerk, who had just come in from anerrand, and who was lunching on a glass of ciderand a piece of buttered bread, offered to show us thecastle. He put his napkin down, sucked his teeth,lighted his pipe, took a bunch of keys from the walland started ahead of us through the village. After following a long wall, we entered throughan old door into a silent farm-y
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