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Just as the three of them hesitated, the door of the villa was suddenly opened. The woman with an angry face rushed out of it. She glanced at the three of them in slightly surprise, then nodded to them in apologies with restrained anger, and then picked up her orange Crinorin skirt and walked down the steps in small steps.

She had only left the sweet scent of rose essential oil at the door, and if it weren't for the corseted back and delicate side face, Garion would have thought that the glimpse was nothing more than a hallucination.

Then the three people at the door heard the crisp sound of the glass porcelain in the villa breaking on the ground, and an angry roar.

Zola was a little scared, he tugged at Garion's sleeve and asked in a low voice, "Who was that woman just now?" ”

Garion also said with trepidation, "If I'm not mistaken, it should have been Madame Collas......

In the 19th century, there were three Valkyries in Paris, one was the passionate theatrical actress Marie Doval, the other was the genius writer George Sand, and finally the talented poet Collas, who streaked across the centuries like dazzling comets, leaving behind a large number of suitors.

If men are compared to bags in women's hands, then they have replaced Louis Vuitton, Cartier, Tiffany and other first-line luxury brands.

Flaubert was not Gaulow's first lover, the hapless Sainte-Beuve was the first despondent suitor, but was made too ugly by Colloid's simple and blunt sarcasm, and then, with the tacit consent of her husband, Gallow became the mistress of the philosopher Victor Kuzan, until in 1846, when they visited the studio of the sculptor Jahm Pradier, the two quickly fell in love, and spent the night together in a hotel three days later. Although Colley later maintained an affair with George Sand's former lover Muse and the writer Pooh, the only love of her heart was Flaubert.

After falling in love, the two did not develop in the direction of happiness, and Flaubert, who liked freedom, always tried to break free from Gaulai's control and began an extraordinary separation and reunion.

"Monsieur Flaubert and Madame Collas were the first railway lovers in the history of Paris," said Garian, "and Madame de Gallai, who quarreled with each other not only in letters, but also after visiting each other by train. In that split five years earlier, Madame Collas angrily denounced Monsieur Flaubert as a bastard, a coward, and a coward. He even wrote a "Soldier's Story" to satirize him. ”

Verne, who satisfied the gossip curiosity, snickered and said, "What an interesting couple, even after a breakup, they are entangled." ”

At the same time, Glautian broke the news, carefully avoided the rumors that Flaubert was suffering from syphilis and suspected of homosexual tendencies, Flaubert and his same-sex friend Lepuvat also had an extremely ambiguous lifelong friendship, and even when the latter died, he said bitterly, "When I first heard the news of his marriage, I felt deep jealousy and pain, which can be described as a liver and intestines!" In my mind, he's already dead twice. ”

Entangled with epilepsy, syphilis, ambiguity and lust, Flaubert lived his life, as Maupassant wrote after his death: "Finally, this time he collapsed, dead at the foot of his desk." Literature kills him, just as strong love kills a lover. ”

"Who's here, please?"

Flaubert walked slowly downstairs on crutches in the direction of the door. His walking movements are somewhat unnatural. Garian speculated that it was the after-effects of washing his nakedness with mercury after his debauchery in Egypt.

After all, the periodic table was not proposed by Mendeleev in Russia until nine years later, and many people did not know the toxicity of heavy metals at all.

When he saw Verne, he was stunned for a moment, then walked forward briskly and gave him a warm hug.

"Verne, my friend, why did you come here."

Faced with Verne's appearance, Flaubert quickly forgot about the unpleasantness that had just happened, and a pleasant smile appeared on his face.

"It's been a few months since I came back from London, and I happened to be passing through Rouen, so I came to see it."

After greeting Verne, Garion looked at the other two beside him and asked hesitantly, "Who are you two?" ”

"Hello Mr. Flaubert, my name is Garion, and this is my friend Zola."

He took out a letter from his pocket, handed it to the other party, and said respectfully, "This is a letter of introduction from Monsieur de Baudelaire, please look at it with His Excellency Flaubert." ”

"You're Garion."

Flaubert's eyes widened, he carefully examined the young man in front of him, took the envelope, but did not open it directly, but said excitedly, "I have already seen your works when I was in Paris, "Afternoon of the Faun", "Generation" and later "1984" are all very well written, at that time I even went to Wilmesand and Goncourt to talk to you, but unfortunately I left after a short stay in Paris. Later, I heard that you got into a lawsuit? ”

"It's fine."

Garion explained, "I was just framed and finally expelled from Paris for a month, by the way, I was in too much of a hurry when I left, please Baudelaire sent something with you?" ”

"Of course, I'll keep it for you, so come in first."

Flaubert warmly beckoned the three of them into the house, and said as he went, "I really let you see the joke just now, and that was my previous ...... Well...... It's a lover. ”

Zola and Verne glanced at Garion with a look that was indeed the case.

Zola even winked at Garion, hoping to go back and tell him more gossip after the visit. However, it was exchanged for a disdainful look from Garion.

Flaubert went to the bedroom and handed Garion a bag of cheque-exchanged francs, while handing him another letter.

"What is this?"

Garian opened the envelope and found that it contained a letter sent to him by Baudelaire, giving a general account of the recent situation in Paris, including the ban of "1984" at the instigation of Mérimée, and the incident of a book friend sending a letter to blackmail Mérimée's parliamentarians.

Garion held his forehead helplessly, this group of guys who wanted to force the author to update really did anything, fortunately it wasn't Napoleon III who did it, otherwise he might really send a bomb to the Tuileries Palace.

He handed Flaubert Baudelaire's letter, and politely said, "I may have to trouble Mr. Flaubert during this time." ”

Flaubert said enthusiastically, "It's okay, I have a lot of spare rooms here. ”

Zola hurriedly said, "No, no, no, we have already booked a room in a hotel in the city and will stay there for the time being." ”

Seeing that the other party already had a place to stay, he didn't force it. He said, "Well, there's a play show at the City Hall Opera House tomorrow night, I wonder if you're interested in inviting you together?" I should also do my best to show you the city of Rouen. ”

Verne readily agreed, "Since it was an invitation from an old friend, of course I would go." And I'm mainly here for your old friend. ”

And Garion and Zola said in unison, "Since Monsieur Flaubert has solemnly invited, we will naturally participate in the same." ”

"By the way, there's one more thing."

Flaubert, who had always been serious, scratched his head embarrassedly at this time, and said hesitantly, "Can you pretend that you didn't see what happened today?" Because Princess Mathilde had just arrived in Rouen yesterday, I didn't want him to be misunderstood. ”

When the three of them heard this, they forced a smile and pretended to be stupid and asked each other, "Did you see anything just now?" ”

"No, what's going on?"

"I didn't see anything, right, Garion?"

Garion nodded hurriedly, but in his heart he was gloating.

No wonder Flaubert carefully concealed that it was another of his mistresses, Princess Mathilde, a cousin of Napoleon III, who had come to visit him.

It seems that Rouen has been very lively these days.