Les Misérables Volume III Book 6 Chapter 5-6

In which the steadfast Marius, adorned daily in a new coat, finds himself mysteriously tethered to a solitary bench in the Luxembourg, captivated by the distant presence of a young lady whose beauty strikes a peculiar chord within him. In which a single glance, fraught with tender reproach and radiant sweetness, ignites within Marius the tumultuous dawn of an all-consuming affection, altering the course of his days with the subtlety of a silent, yet inexorable, avalanche.