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The King in Yellow · Chapter
The Street of Our Lady of the Fields explained
The chapter opens with a reflective epigraph about past sorrows being counted as happy days, setting a melancholic tone for a story set in a Parisian street.
What happens
The chapter opens with a reflective epigraph about past sorrows being counted as happy days, setting a melancholic tone for a story set in a Parisian street.
Key passages
“Et tout les jours passés dans la tristesse Nous sont comptés comme des jours heureux!”
All the days spent in sadness are counted as happy days.
The epigraph suggests a bittersweet reflection on past sorrows.