before the bull, and continually flung bits of turf that blinded him, while she cried: 'Hurry up, hurry up!'" (Flaubert, 10). She, in her selfless care for the Aubains, would rather sacrifice herself than have her loved ones as risk. She, however, thought nothing of the event and took no pride in it.
             This was the simplicity of Felicite. In her simplicity, however, she could also be taken advantage. For example, when Felicite was on a trip with the Aubains, she came across a lost sister, Nastasie, whom she had not seen in many years. Nastasie was poor and had many children; she easily manipulated Felicite's good heart into charitable actions, from giving them bedclothes and shirts all the way to cooking stoves. Madame Aubain was irritated by what was transpiri
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