AtlastEmmarememberedthatatthechateauofVaubyessardshehadheardtheMarchionesscallayoungladyBerthe；fromthatmomentthisnamewaschosen；andasoldRouaultcouldnotcome，MonsieurHomaiswasrequestedtostandgodfather。Hisgiftswereallproductsfromhisestablishment，towit：sixboxesofjujubes，awholejarofracahout，threecakesofmarshmallowpaste，andsixsticksofsugar-candyintothebargainthathehadcomeacrossinacupboard。Ontheeveningoftheceremonytherewasagranddinner；thecurewaspresent；therewasmuchexcitement。MonsieurHomaistowardsliqueur-timebegansinging“LeDieudesbonnesgens。“MonsieurLeonsangabarcarolle，andMadameBovary，senior，whowasgodmother，aromanceofthetimeoftheEmpire；finally，M。Bovary，senior，insistedonhavingthechildbroughtdown，andbeganbaptizingitwithaglassofchampagnethathepouredoveritshead。ThismockeryofthefirstofthesacramentsmadetheAbbeBournisienangry；oldBovaryrepliedbyaquotationfrom“LaGuerredesDieux“；thecurewantedtoleave；theladiesimplored，Homaisinterfered；andtheysucceededinmakingthepriestsitdownagain，andhequietlywentonwiththehalf-finishedcoffeeinhissaucer。
MonsieurBovary，senior，stayedatYonvilleamonth，dazzlingthenativebyasuperbpoliceman’scapwithsilvertasselsthatheworeinthemorningwhenhesmokedhispipeinthesquare。Beingalsointhehabitofdrinkingagooddealofbrandy，heoftensenttheservanttotheLiond’Ortobuyhimabottle，whichwasputdowntohisson’saccount，andtoperfumehishandkerchiefsheuseduphisdaughter-in-law’swholesupplyofeau-de-cologne。
Thelatterdidnotatalldislikehiscompany。Hehadknockedabouttheworld，hetalkedaboutBerlin，Vienna，andStrasbourg，ofhissoldiertimes，ofthemistresseshehadhad，thegrandluncheonsofwhichhehadpartaken；thenhewasamiable，andsometimeseven，eitheronthestairs，orinthegarden，wouldseizeholdofherwaist，crying，“Charles，lookoutforyourself。“
ThenMadameBovary，senior，becamealarmedforherson’shappiness，andfearingthatherhusbandmightinthelong-runhaveanimmoralinfluenceupontheideasoftheyoungwoman，tookcaretohurrytheirdeparture。Perhapsshehadmoreseriousreasonsforuneasiness。MonsieurBovarywasnotthemantorespectanything。
OnedayEmmawassuddenlyseizedwiththedesiretoseeherlittlegirl，whohadbeenputtonursewiththecarpenter’swife，and，withoutlookingatthecalendartoseewhetherthesixweeksoftheVirginwereyetpassed，shesetoutfortheRollets’