Chapter 35

           WHEREASGRENOUILLEhadneededsevenyearsforthefirststageofhisjourneythroughFrance,heputthesecondbehindhiminlessthansevendays.Henolongeravoidedbusyroadsandcities,hemadenodetours.Hehadanodor,hehadmoney,hehadself-confidence,andhehadnotimetolose.ByeveningofthedayheleftMontpellier,hehadarrivedatLeGrau-du-Roi,asmallharbortownsouthwestofAigues-Mortes,whereheboardedamerchantshipforMarseille.InMarseillehedidnotevenleavetheharbor,butimmediatelysoughtoutashipthatbroughthimfartheralongthecoasttotheeast.TwodayslaterhewasinToulon,inthreemoreinCannes.Therestofthewayhetraveledonfoot.Hefollowedabackroadthatledupintothehills,northwardintotheinterior.Twohourslaterhewasstandingonariseandbeforehimwasspreadavalleyseveralmileswide,akindofbasininthelandscape-itssurroundingrimmadeupofgentlyrisinghillsandaridgeofsteepmountains,itsbroadbowlcoveredwithfields,gardens,andolivegroves.Thebasinhaditsownspecial,intimateclimate.Althoughtheseawassonearthatonecouldseeitfromthetopsofthehills,therewasnothingmaritime,nothingsaltyandsandy,nothingexpansiveaboutthisclimate;instead,itpossessedasecludedtranquillityasifyouweremanydays’journeydistantfromthecoast.Andalthoughtothenorththehighmountainswerecoveredwithsnowthatwouldremainforagoodwhileyet,itwasnotintheleastraworbarrenandnocoldwindblew.SpringwasfurtheradvancedthaninMontpellier.

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