Every day for a month Hivert carried boxes, valises, parcels for him from Yonville to Rouen and from Rouen to Yonville; and when Leon had packed up his wardrobe, had his three arm-chairs restuffed, bought a stock of neckties, in a word, had made more preparations than for a voyage around the world, he put it off from week to week, until he received a second letter from his mother urging him to leave, since he wanted to pass his examination before the vacation.
Chaque jour, durant tout un mois, Hivert transporta pour lui d’Yonville à Rouen, de Rouen à Yonville, des coffres, des valises, des paquets; et, quand Léon eut remonté sa garde-robe, fait rembourrer ses trois fauteuils, acheté une provision de foulards, pris en un mot plus de dispositions que pour un voyage autour du monde, il s’ajourna de semaine en semaine, jusqu’à ce qu’il reçût une seconde lettre maternelle où on le pressait de partir, puisqu’il désirait, avant les vacances, passer son examen.