Als infolge eines Moderomans die Kakteen in Beliebtheit kamen, brachte er ein Exemplar, das er während der Fahrt in der Post vor sich auf den Knien hielt. Das stachlige Ding zerstach ihm alle Finger.
He showed him many others, even to doing errands for him at Rouen; and the book of a novelist having made the mania for cactuses fashionable, Leon bought some for Madame Bovary, bringing them back on his knees in the "Hirondelle," pricking his fingers on their hard hairs.