Iced champagne was served, and the feel of the cold wine in her mouth …

Gustave Flaubert
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Iced champagne was served, and the feel of the cold wine in her mouth gave Emma a shiver that ran over her from head to toe. ✨ Gustave Flaubert (1993). Madame Bovary: Patterns of Provincial Life, Everyman's Library
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Iced champagne was served, and the feel of the cold wine in her mouth gave Emma a shiver that ran over her from head to toe. ✨ Gustave Flaubert (1993). Madame Bovary: Patterns of Provincial Life, Everyman's Library

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