Sie brachte aus ihrem Garten Rosen mit, die sie an der Brust trug und ihm ins Gesicht warf. Sie sorgte sich um seine Gesundheit und gab ihm gute Ratschläge, wie er leben solle.
She brought roses to her breast from Yonville, which she threw into his face; was anxious about his health, gave him advice as to his conduct; and, in order the more surely to keep her hold on him, hoping perhaps that heaven would take her part, she tied a medal of the Virgin round his neck.