Note 395 — Chapter XI
Reading edition
His forte is in single utterances, such as the unmatched "J'ai un amant!" to which Emma gives vent after her first lapse (and which "speaks" her and her fate, and the book in ten letters, two spaces, and an apostrophe), or as the "par ce qu'elle avait touché au manteau de Tanit" of Salammbô; and the "Ainsi tout leur a craqué dans la main" of the unfinished summary of Bouvard et Pécuchet.