Remnant

I recently bought myself a 'new' copy of Les Miserables to read. In English I'm afraid but my third translation, this time from the 1950s. It has this beautiful inscription in the front. I can see this couple now, sitting in peaceful quiet looking out over the garden. She's reading while he does the crossword or simply sits.

What life can compare with this:- sitting together quietly by the window we observe the flowers bloom, the leaves fall, as the seasons come and go.

To the dearest of all Daphnes
Love
Jim