I.102

obsessed with actors

and actresses at uncle's,

or were they?

I.101

chocolate cream,

rice à l'Impératrice--

which play to choose?

I.100

aficionado

of the theatre,

having not been there

I.99

a now-empty room,

a suggestive cool odour--

my uncle's quarrel

I.98

cave of Françoise

overflowing with produce--

temple of Venus

I.97

a careful meal,

encompassing Françoise' pride--

seasonal rhythms

I.96

Eulalie delayed,

rapture turns to torture--

Françoise tries her best

I.95

watching the people,

inferior and absent--

Eulalie's finesse

I.94

either "too ill",

or "not nearly ill enough"--

cause for banishment

I.93

unsuccessful trip,

returning home sans gossip--

Eulalie will know

I.92

too good for his job,

pattern of a gentleman--

Legrandin

I.91

feeling history pass

I stand, stare, soak in--

a new town

I.90

though wandering,

eyes always return to church--

dominating

I.89

the steeple

centering the map--

crowning façades

I.88

timing a kiss

by the sun on fresh slates--

Mamma to market

I.87

birds in the turrets

but an air of distinction--

a quaint old face

I.86

Saint-Hilaire's steeple

piercing a misty morning--

longest Sunday walk

I.85

church and homes and shops--

contiguous buildings,

split by flowers

I.84

devoid of beauty

Combray's apse a prison wall--

but, still, The Church!

I.83

legendary ones--

a fairy-haunted valley

in the flow of Time

I.82

filing in

below the tapestries:

Guermantes lady

I.81

on a gloomy day,

the windows still radiant--

cakes on a pew

I.80

church's porch

a colander of holes--

noble dust

I.79

whose dog?

but it must be Galopin's.

quite gentlemanly!

I.78

strangers in Combray?!

Not known from Adam?

Ahhh, but merely...

I.77

a keen pretense--

creamed eggs on a flat plate,

a duty served

I.76

mysterious girl,

focus of speculation,

passes with lunch tart

I.75

Mme Octave

gossiped and feared--

Françoise lamented

I.74

on request,

(late sisters, asparagus),

Françoise opines

I.73

X-ray perception--

overwhelmed by attention

she took her leave

I.72

In the novelty,

Françoise welcomed our visits--

still mourning

I.71

Françoise, now known,

mysterious saint of youth--

always serving

I.70

tisane infused

the madeleine softens--

windowside reading

I.69

preparing tisane,

delighted in finding

sprigs of real lime trees

I.68

aunt talks alone

to keep herself functioning,

a new reality