Les Misérables Volume III Book 6 Chapter 7-9

In which a young man named Marius, consumed by the tender beginnings of passion, devotes himself to watching a charming girl and her guardian in the Luxembourg gardens, experiencing the furtive joys and jealousies that courtship often brings. His growing yearning leads him to shadow their movements, uncovering small details that deepen his affection, until unexpected absence plunges him into a sombre state of wistful conjecture.