Original (English)

CHAPTER XXIII ABSENCE                     L'absence est le plus grand des maux,                     Non pas pour vous, cruelle ! LA FONTAINE. Who has not found a charm in watching the clouds of heaven as they float along? Who has not envied them the freedom of their journeyings through the air, whether rolled in great masses by the wind, and colored by the sun, they advance peacefully, like fleets of dark ships with gilt prows, o