The Beekeeper's Promise (Page 53)

Sara goes inside to find Blanche.

Silently, so as not to wake her, I take a seat beside Eliane. Very gently, I remove the book from her lap so that I can mark her place for her. As I tuck the bookmark between the pages she’s been reading, a line catches my eye. I consider the words carefully, letting their meaning sink in.

And then, after a moment, I raise my head and look around at where I am.

I think back to the day that brought me here.

And I realise that I was never really lost at all.

Au milieu de l’hiver, j’apprenais enfin qu’il y avait en moi un été invincible.

In the midst of winter, I found that there was within me an invincible summer.

Retour à Tipasa, Albert Camus (1952)