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Quote #7
After making a genuflexion at the door, she would advance along the high nave between the two lines of seats, open Madame Aubain's pew, sit down, and look around her. (3.1)
It's interesting the way that humility is just sort of built into the fabric of Félicité's everyday life. She's the servant in Madame Aubain's house, so she's clearly below everyone there. Then, when she goes to church, she makes a genuflexion (kneels) to show her humility before God.
Quote #8
As for the dogmas, she did not understand a word, and did not even try to understand. (3.5)
Dogma is religious teaching made up of different statements of what the Catholic Church believes. The fact that Félicité does "not even try to understand" them indicates that she is aware of her own ignorance; she knows that she's below understanding what so many priests have learned.
Quote #9
Bourais threw up his arms, sneezed, and laughed uproariously, his mirth aroused by such innocence. Not that Félicité understood the reason why: her intelligence was so limited, she might have been expecting to see a picture of her nephew on the map! (3.44)
When Félicité finds out that her nephew is in Havana, Cuba, she worries about him and wonders whether he might be able to get home by land. When she goes to Bourais for help, he laughs at her, and she doesn't even know why. Félicité's humility comes from her lack of experience and knowledge of the world. And just in case you're in the dark on this one: You'd definitely have to cross an ocean if you wanted to get from Cuba to France.