Gustave Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert
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It was the first day of December, the very day on which the sale of Madame Arnoux’s furniture was to take place. He remembered the date, and expressed repugnance, declaring that this place was intolerable on account of the crush and the noise. She only wanted to get a peep at it. The brougham drew up. He had no alternative but to accompany her.

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