her to stay with him instead of going to the children who were !
             giving the orders on that particular day. He shows this when Fournier says on page 65, "Augustin begged her to stay for a moment. His manner was awkward but in his voice there was so much perturbation that she listened, and walked along more slowly." When you truly love someone, you hold them on a pedestal, and you don't exactly know what to say or what to do when they are in your presence. This is what is happening to Meaulnes. He is scared that he might say something that will offend Yvonne, his fantasy woman, and she would run away and they would never speak again. However, Yvonne did
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