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Madame Bovary Part II Chapter 15
In which a summer’s evening unfolds amid the dusty splendours of the theatre, where Madame Bovary loses herself in the stirring melodies and tragic romances of opera, her heart swelling with longings and faint echoes of past desires. As the performance wanes, unexpected encounters and whispered invitations hint at the shifting currents of her quiet provincial life, mingling emotions as thick as the heavy air in the crowded corridors.
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