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9.1 Raynald Leclerc, Fleuron néo-gothique. La porte Saint-Louis , 2003. Huile
sur toile, 20 x 24 pouces. Avec la permission de Sylvie Bourget, Galerie d'Art
Internationale. Photo: Louis Charbonneau/ Neo-Gothic Jewel. The Saint-Louis
Gate , 2003. Oil on canvas, 20 x 24 inches. Courtesy of Sylvie Bourget, Galerie
d'Art Internationale. Photo: Louis Charbonneau.
the venues and vistas that most fueled my imagination in the early
years [3].) The Place d'Armes lies precisely at the end of the rue Saint-
Louis that we glimpse through the gate, which Leclerc is as determined
to pursue as Flora is to avoid. In the passage above from Hébert's novel,
Flora refuses to look at the gate, but focuses instead on the vast sur-
rounding space of nature: 'la vue des montagnes et du ciel, au loin, un
instant, lui entre dans le coeur par surprise.' Hébert's juxtaposition of
 
 
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