Book 3, Chapter 28: News of le Menil

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​⁠The blue sea, studded with pink shoals, threw its silvery fringe softly on the fine sand of the beach, along the amphitheatre terminated by two golden horns. The beauty of the day threw a ray of sunlight on the tomb of Chateaubriand. In a room where a balcony looked out upon the beach, the ocean, the islands, and the promontories, Therese was reading the letters which she had found in the morning