ATDTDA (38) p. 1063 Rue du depart (title page, last section)

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Now, o now I needs must part. . . .

>From the Pynchonwiki:

Rue du Départ
Street in Montparnasse, Paris. 
>From the Pynchonwiki:
The name means "street of departing or setting out." . . . .

. . . .The street is called "rue du départ" (departure street) 
because it flanks the train station (Gare Montparnasse). 
The street opposite is called "rue de l'arrivée" (arrival street). 
Therefore this may also be an echo to "the melancholy of 
departure" and Chirico's painting of Gare Montparnasse, 
cf note to p.747

http://www.casa-in-italia.com/artpx/moma/images/De_Chirico_MOMA_Gare_Montparnasse.JPG


Rue du Départ is also the name of a1986 film, Review Summary

          The protagonists in this drama are caught in the sleaze of 
          the lower echelons of Paris life and are trying to get out. 
          Clara (Ann-Gisel Glass) arrives in the underbelly of the city 
          after escaping a dysfunctional middle-class family, and 
          moves in with Mimi (Christine Boisson), a prostitute. Clara 
          also meets Paul (Francois Cluzet) an escaped convict, and 
          a romantic relationship starts to simmer. Only two major 
          hurdles stand in their way of escaping to a better life in 
          another city. Paul is determined to avenge the death of 
          his father which might make it easier for the police to 
          find him, and Mimi's pimp is equally determined to coerce 
          Clara into a life of prostitution. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide

          http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/121052/Rue-du-depart/overview

Paul's history echos Kit's, if only a little.

26 Rue du Depart was Mondrian's address in Paris:
 
          1919	 

          Returning to Paris, Mondrian lived first on the top floor of at 5 
          Rue du Coulmier, then settled again at his old address of 26 
          Rue du Départ and, in March 1936 moved to at 278 Boulevard 
          Raspail.

          http://www.snap-dragon.com/mondrian_biography.htm
          http://tinyurl.com/6jrw2s

With Mondrian, we are firmly in the grasp of Modernism.