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Quote #10
Félicité was as grateful as if her mistress had done her a good deed, and from this point on cherished her with an animal-like devotion, a religious veneration. (3.90)
There it is. We've been tiptoeing around the idea, but the truth is that Félicité doesn't act like a human being. She's below everyone else, "animal-like." She treats Madame with "religious veneration," meaning she treats her like a god. If humility means lowering yourself in the face of others, then Félicité is the queen of it.