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The Unbearable Lightness of Being Part 4, Chapter 11

By Milan Kundera

Part 4, Chapter 11

When Tereza looks at Tomas now, she looks not at his eyes, but his hair, which smells like another woman.
Finally she breaks down.
She tells him that she isn't strong enough to stand up to her jealousy anymore, and asks him to help her.
Tomas takes her to a park with red, blue, and yellow benches. Though the narrator doesn't say so explicitly, it soon becomes clear that we are in a dream sequence.
Tomas sits her down on a bench. He tells her he will take care of her, all she has to do is climb Petrin hill. (Petrin hill is in the center of Prague: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4b/Petrin_Praha.jpg)
Tereza is terribly nervous about the idea of going, but she is "constitutionally unable to disobey Tomas" (4.11.6).
So she goes on her way.

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