The next day Madame Bovary senior arrived. She and her son wept much. Emma, on the pretext of giving orders, disappeared. The following day they had a talk over the mourning. They went and sat down with their workboxes by the waterside under the arbour.
A következő napon már gondoskodniok kellett a gyász külsőségeiről. Dobozaikat, varróeszközeiket kivitték a kertbe, s leültek a víz partjára, a sátor alá.