Note 4 — Chapter XVI · THE HERMIT OF SÉRIGNAN (CONTINUED)
Bernard Miall translation
The contemplation of the living world that is stirring all about him gives him yet further cause to marvel at the wisdom of Him “who has made the plans on which life is working.”4 It is easy to understand that, for Fabre, the harmas assumed the colours and the charms of Eden, and that his solitary life therein was like a perpetual ecstasy.