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Then came a gust of wind; the poplars swayed; and suddenly the rain was pattering on the green leaves. But soon the sun came out again, chickens cackled; sparrows fluttered their wings in the wet bushes.
Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, trans. Francis Steegmuller, New York, Random House, 1957, p. 136.
TIME: 1840's
PLACE: France
CIRCUMSTANCE: a rain shower in the countryside.
... calves were lowing and sheep bleating... Bare-armed teamsters were holding rearing stallions by the halter: these were neighing loudly in the direction of the mares, who stood there quietly...
Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, trans. Francis Steegmuller, New York, Random House, 1957, p. 154.
TIME: 1840's
PLACE: France
CIRCUMSTANCE: animals at a fair waiting to be judged.
...a cannon shot resounded and everyone began to hurry towards the village...
...after a present-arms during which the rattle of the metal bands as they slid down the stocks and barrels sounded like a copper cauldron rolling down the flight of stairs, all the rifles were lowered...
Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, trans. Francis Steegmuller, New York, Random House, 1957, p.157-158
TIME: 1840's
PLACE: Binet, France
CIRCUMSTANCE: signal for the arrival and present-arms for a government dignitary.
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