Book 2, Chapter 18: “I Kiss Your Feet Because They Have Come!”

⁠​​​‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​⁠Saturday, at four o’clock, Therese went, as she had promised, to the gate of the English cemetery. There she found Dechartre. He was serious and agitated; he spoke little. She was glad he did not display his joy. He led her by the deserted walls of the gardens to a narrow street which she did not know. She read on a signboard: Via Alfieri. After they had taken fifty steps, he stopped before a somb