Book 3, Chapter 24: Choulette’s Ambition

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​⁠While the rolling of arriving boxes filled the Bell villa; while Pauline, loaded with parcels, lightly came down the steps; while good Madame Marmet, with tranquil vigilance, supervised everything; and while Miss Bell finished dressing in her room, Therese, dressed in gray, resting on the terrace, looked once again at the Flower City.

She had decided to return home. Her husband recalled her in ever