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VI
HELL
At length a pause ensues in my sufferings. For
hours at a time I sit in the open space before
the summer-house, watch the flowers, and think
over the recent events. The peace of mind,
which I find after my flight, convinces me that
I have not been suffering from the delusions of
disease, but have been persecuted by real enemies.
I work during the day and sleep quietly
at night. Delivered from the squalor of my
former residence, I feel myself rejuvenated
among the roses of this garden—the favourite
flower of my youth. The Jardin des Plantes,
this wonder of Paris unknown to the Parisians
themselves, has become my park. This epitome
of creation confined within a narrow circuit,
this Noah’s Ark, this Paradise Regained in
which I wander without danger among wild
beasts—it is too much happiness. Beginning
with stones, I proceed to the vegetable and
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