Sentimental Education
OR, THE HISTORY OF A YOUNG MAN
BY GUSTAVE FLAUBERT
VOLUME I.
M. WALTER DUNNE
NEW YORK AND LONDON
Copyright, 1904,
BY M. WALTER DUNNE
Publisher
She wore a wide straw hat with red ribbons, whichfluttered in the wind behind her.
CONTENTS
Chapter I. A PROMISING PUPIL
Chapter II. DAMON AND PYTHIAS
Chapter III. SENTIMENT AND PASSION
Chapter IV. THE INEXPRESSIBLE SHE!
Chapter V. "LOVE KNOWETH NO LAWS"
Chapter VI. BLIGHTED HOPES
Chapter VII. CHANGE OF FORTUNE
Chapter VIII. FREDERICK ENTERTAINS
Chapter IX. THE FRIEND OF THE FAMILY
Chapter X. AT THE RACES
ILLUSTRATIONS
SHE WORE A WIDE STRAW HAT WITH RED RIBBONS, WHICH FLUTTERED IN THE WINDBEHIND HER
"LAUGH, THEN! SHED NO MORE TEARS—BE HAPPY!"
THEN SHE SEIZED HIM BY THE EARS AND KISSED HIM
SENTIMENTAL EDUCATION
CHAPTER I.
A Promising Pupil.
On the 15th of September, 1840, about six o'clock in the morning, theVille de Montereau, just on the point of starting, was sending forthgreat whirlwinds of smoke, in front of the Quai St. Bernard.
People came rushing on board in breathless haste. The traffic wasobstructed by casks, cables, and baskets of linen. The sailors answerednobody. People jostled one another. Between the two paddle-boxes waspiled up a heap of parcels; and the uproar was drowned in the loudhissing of the steam, which, making its way through the plates ofsheet-iron, enveloped everything in a white cloud, while the bell at theprow kept ringing continuously.
At last, the vessel set out; and the two banks of the river, stockedwith warehouses, timber-yards, and manufactories, opened out like twohuge ribbons being unrolled.
A young man of eighteen, with long hair, holding an album under his arm,remained near the helm without moving. Through the haze he surveyedsteeples, buildings of which he did not know the names; then, with aparting glance, he took in the Île St. Louis, the Cité, Nôtre Dame; andpresently, as Paris disappeared from his view, he heaved a deep sigh.
Frederick Moreau, having just taken his Bachelor's degree, was returninghome to Nogent-sur-Seine, where he would have to lead a languishingexistence for two months, before going back to begin his legal studies.H