A Chair On the Boulevard

What does she consider while she sits sewing she continued. That the pastrycook loves her, that he is generous, that she will do her most to be to him a good wife Not at all. Far from that! She considers, on the contrary, that she was a fool to promise him; she considers how she shall escape from him, from Rouen, from her ennui she seeks to fly to Paris. Alas! she has no money, not a franc. And she sews always she sews in the dull room and her spirit rebels. Good! said the poet. It is a capital first instalment. The time goes on. There remains only a week to the marriage morning. The little home is prepared, the little pastrycook is full of joy. Alors, one evening they go out; for her the sole attraction in the town is the hall of varieties. Yes, it is third class, it is not great things; however, it is the only one in Rouen. He purchases two tickets. What a misfortune it is the last temptation to her! They stroll back; she takes his arm under the moon, under the stars; but she sees only the lamps of Paris!?she sees only that he can say nothing she cares to hear! Ah, unhappy man!murmured the poet.