Les Misérables Volume IV Book 3 Chapter 5-6

In which the gentle young Cosette, newly conscious of her blossoming beauty, begins to explore the tender power and melancholy charm that such awakening bestows, much to the unease of her devoted guardian, Jean Valjean. In the same breath, a shy yet potent exchange of glances kindles the first stirrings of love between her and Marius, two souls bound by an innocent and unspoken enchantment, as their youthful hearts delicately dance on the verge of discovery.