Sentimental Education; Or, The History of a Young Man. Volume 2

Some inconsistencies of spelling and grammar have been corrected, while others have been retained. THE COMPLETE WORKS OF GUSTAVE FLAUBERT Embracing ROMANCES, TRAVELS, COMEDIES, SKETCHES AND CORRESPONDENCE With a Critical Introduction by FERDINAND BRUNETIERE of the French Academy and a Biographical Preface by Robert Arnot, M.A. PRINTED ONLY FOR SUBSCRIBERS BY M. WALTER DUNNE, NEW YORK AND LONDON Sentimental Education OR, THE HISTORY OF A YOUNG MAN BY GUSTAVE FLAUBERT M. WALTER DUNNE NEW YORK AND LONDON Copyright, 1904, by M. WALTER DUNNE Entered at Stationers' Hall, London CONTENTS SENTIMENTAL EDUCATION ( Continued. ) PAGE A DINNER AND A DUEL 1 LITTLE LOUISE GROWS UP 47 ROSANETTE AS A LOVELY TURK 62 THE BARRICADE 110 "HOW HAPPY COULD I BE WITH EITHER" 193 UNPLEASANT NEWS FROM ROSANETTE 214 A STRANGE BETROTHAL 242 AN AUCTION 292 A BITTER-SWEET REUNION 315 "WAIT TILL YOU COME TO FORTY YEAR" 323 ILLUSTRATIONS FACING PAGE "AH! THANKS! YOU ARE GOING TO SAVE ME!" (See page 107 ) Frontispiece "CAN I LIVE WITHOUT YOU?" 58 WHEN A WOMAN SUDDENLY CAME IN 315 SENTIMENTAL EDUCATION [ CONTINUED ] A Dinner and a Duel. rederick passed the whole of the next day in brooding over his anger and humiliation. He reproached himself for not having given a slap in the face to Cisy. As for the Maréchale, he swore not to see her again. Others as good-looking could be easily found; and, as money would be required in order to possess these women, he would speculate on the Bourse with the purchase-money of his farm. He would get rich; he would crush the Maréchale and everyone else with his luxury. When the evening had come, he was surprised at not having thought of Madame Arnoux. "So much the better. What's the good of it?" Two days after, at eight o'clock, Pellerin came to pay him a visit. He began by expressing his admiration of the furniture and talking in a wheedling tone. Then, abruptly: "You were at the races on Sunday?" "Yes, alas!" Thereupon the painter decried the anatomy of English horses, and praised the horses of Gericourt and the horses of the Parthenon. "Rosanette was with you?" And he artfully proceeded to speak in flattering terms about her. Frederick's freezing manner put him a little out of countenance. He did not know how to bring about the question of her portrait. His first idea had been to…