What lines does Gene speak that shows the readers he has finally accepted the events of the past and is ready to put them behind him? (Chapter...

I find a couple of passages that indicate to me that Gene
had moved on in his life and memories of the events that took place at Devon School.
Very early in the chapter, Gene is discovering that Devon has been preserved, even after
his graduation - both the physical buildings and grounds and the feeling of fear he had
known while living there as a student. In thinking about that fear, he realizes "that in
the interval I had succeeded in a very important undertaking: I must have made my escape
from it."

Upon locating the tree, Gene finds it smaller and
less impressive than he remembered it being. He is struck by the change in perspective
brought about by his physical growth, by the passage of time, and by the miserable
weather, but is grateful to have been able to see it
again.

"So
the more things remain the same, the more they change after all - plus c'est
la meme chose, plus ca change. Nothing endures, not a tree, not love, not
even a death by violence."