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CHAPTER IX

ECLIPSE

The reader has just seen how Marius discovered, or
thought that he discovered, that She was named Ursule.
Appetite grows with loving. To know that her name was
Ursule was a great deal; it was very little. In three or four
weeks, Marius had devoured this bliss. He wanted another.
He wanted to know where she lived.
He had committed his first blunder, by falling into the
ambush of the bench by the Gladiator. He had committed a
second, by not remaining at the Luxembourg when M. Leb-
lanc came thither alone. He now committed a third, and an
immense one. He followed ‘Ursule.’
She lived in the Rue de l’Ouest, in the most unfrequented
spot, in a new, three-story house, of modest appearance.
From that moment forth, Marius added to his happiness
of seeing her at the Luxembourg the happiness of following
her home.
His hunger was increasing. He knew her first name, at
least, a charming name, a genuine woman’s name; he knew
where she lived; he wanted to know who she was.
One evening, after he had followed them to their dwell-

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