Les Misérables, Book 6: The Conjunction of Two Stars, Chapter 4 summary

What happens

1. Marius puts on new clothes and gloves, then ignores Courfeyrac on his way to the Luxembourg.
2. He delays near the fountain before approaching the path where M. Leblanc and the young girl sit.
3. After turning back once, he passes their bench twice, blushing, growing pale, and imagining the girl watching him.
4. He sits down and resents the apparent indifference to his carefully chosen clothes.
5. He considers the gentleman’s possible suspicions and feels that his private name for him is disrespectful.
6. Marius returns home, forgets dinner, eats bread, and carefully brushes and folds his coat before bed.

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