We're back at Madame Bovary's house, where Madame Pernelle is still hanging out with Mr. Lorry. Madame Perelle is all, "Hey, what's up with all this flirting between you and Monsieur Lorry?" She's also a little worried that Madame Lorry's company has fallen out of favor with the upper echelons of society, so she's worried that she'll have to work for a living for the rest of her life. She also worries that she might never be able to get a job in the future, since the company she works for has fallen on hard times. The conversation is interrupted by the sound of a car crash. We learn that the crash was caused by a driver who was