Note 23 — Chapter III · “LA TRISTESSE D’OLYMPIO”
Theodora Davidson translation
September 29th, 1845: “I wish I had the money to buy it all before it is desecrated.” Victor Hugo understood her feeling, and a generous impulse led him to propose to buy the house. The price asked was six thousand francs. Very delicately Juliette refused. October 7th, 1845.