Les Misérables Volume III Book 6 Chapter 3-4

In which a warm spring day in the Luxembourg gardens heralds the quiet stirring of a mysterious and tender new emotion in the heart of a young man, sparked by a fleeting, ineffable glance from a young maiden. Emboldened by fresh attire, he approaches the seat where she sits, grappling with an exquisite mixture of hope and hesitation, while the world around him remains absorbed in its ordinary murmurs and pastoral peace.