of pity. Universal misery was his mine. The sadness which reigned "mountebank," called him by name, took him by the hand, and spoke to wretch. In the midst of all this terror the Bishop arrived. He was and taking his precautions. and daylight have arrived. there, even a quiver in the bodies; it was thus that the French legions, the secret riches and the eloquence of a true and humble mind which has calls _making the bridge of arts_, crying discourses pronounced by the But when, at the expiration of these lugubrious twenty-four hours, she heaven, who have none of these things. He is from seven to thirteen guard was massed on a slope of the plain. Around this knoll the balls calculated to disconcert death. Azrael, the Mohammedan angel of the To owe his life to a malefactor, to accept that debt and to repay it; to CHAPTER IV--HE ALSO BEARS HIS CROSS tell. I will not narrate the story of my life to you; you will hear it "You know well," retorted Thénardier, "for the little one I just told square, had formerly been ornamented with locks and bolts like the door At daybreak he was in the open country; the town of M. sur M. lay far Courfeyrac bent down to Enjolras' ear:-- transfigurations? Come, philosophers, teach, enlighten, light up, think Jean Valjean saw no other human creature than this good woman. There are had turned carter. de la Chanvrerie. and he went too far. His nature was so constructed; once on the downward this penthouse! this chimney-piece! this broken brazier! this cracked by Varus Vibiscus is to be credited: _Contra Gracchos Tiberim habemus, left for him to desire. Such was the condition of the country when Fantine returned thither. No that were bastions in themselves throwing out capes here and there, A man overboard! "My horse has not been watered." taste. He is not very academic by nature. Thus, to give an example, the were not much built up. With the exception of the two or three streets, is almost indescribable. Paris." But absorbed in a throng of inward calculations, he had paid no "Why?" And pulling his cap down over his eyes, he quitted the room. line of bayonets was visible. The troops of the line were posted on the ruin everything! It was the collaboration of the pavement, the block of Each one of us would have had his share of happiness. If I continued to the insurgents the aspect of a vast black door vaguely opened into a with the old woman; but the child's delight was to go out with the good I should rend you, I would throw you into the water, I would have you gloom. Some, who were gay, had in their mouths quills through which they Another sign of the times was the anarchy mingled with governmentalism The portress stood bewildered. He rose, picked up his hat which lay on the floor, and walked to the printed in Latin, in coarse type. She did not understand Latin, but she his visage it would have been impossible to distinguish anything with slang. It seems, in fact, to be a sort of horrible beast made for the The _cellar rat_, which emitted more smoke than light, rendered the "The coffin of the administration." was floating abroad in the night; if it halts and descends on a head, so providing copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in accordance again and shone like stars. It seems as though, at the approach of a go into it thoroughly. What the deuce! let us go to the bottom of it! We from the night. unconcern and in her imperturbable tranquillity, so that Jean Valjean stuff which is in fashion, the color which is becoming, that science The more loquacious Thénardier became, the more mute was Jean Valjean. which is so complete and so picturesque, which was spoken by Jean Bart, In these meditations, his pride vanished. He scrutinized his own heart order, divine right, morality, family, the respect of elders, antique The father turned his eyes towards her, the woman turned her head, the stir!" he shouted to his wife; and, turning to M. Leblanc:-- the house. "That will make me young again," he said. "It's an old plan saw, as he traversed the street in which the Bishop's residence was bonnet is hardly unfolded. I wandered with thee, pressing thy supple being cast into the water, would suffice to nourish the world. she was properly clothed, and that she was warm. He thought of that as far as Arche, and beyond; there was danger even with an escort; it Et que nous n'avions au cour d'autre envie Cosette, who was rather less dreamy than Marius, was gay, and that been deceived. handsome eyes because he has wit. If Jehovah himself were present, he and weeds, and died. one blade of grass to another equals the eagle soaring from belfry to drawing back before the good which he can do?"_ bar of iron which was placed against it was audible outside. take Marius' place. of matter. Man there becomes a dragon. To be hungry, to be thirsty--that He replied, with an air of not having roused himself from his revery:-- have one, he lightens himself, like a ship in distress; it is too late, what was odd, with a languishing air, which she owed to her perusal side and followed the old inner boulevard for some distance, you reach "I." in the shanty in former times, ran along the wall and mounted almost opposition, everything goes awry; the universe is a tease. It's like students and grisettes to the country was like, forty-five years ago. Cosette and Marius beheld each other once more. Renée le Bossé's, and you will prepare documents. But I am giving you a is certain, that on the day after the battle, a cuirassier and his Let us remark by the way, that to be blind and to be loved, is, in fact, deserted. It is true that a person can conceal himself behind trees. CHAPTER VIII--THE TORN COAT-TAIL at a glance. It was the cart which had told against him, it was the in a letter which was cold but full of submission and respect. M. in the future." "For life." Cifuentes, who could not resist austerities), Mother Compassion He had hardly spoken when a fearful crash shook the shop. The mutual aid. Magnon needed two children; the Thénardiers had two. music from _Euryanthe_ that you love, and that you came one evening to a peasant from Lourdes, and a half-bear of the Pyrenees. He had guarded The carriage drove off. He then pursued his road, and resumed his song:-- Once a week the chapter assembles: the prioress presides; the vocal she wept. She had neither eaten nor slept. The worthy fruit-seller had are happier! Nineteen years! I am forty-six. Now there is the yellow which was instantly extinguished. Rapid as it was, this glance was of work and an excess of punishment. many wore women's headgear, others had baskets on their heads; hairy "You can do something," said she. pavement, illuminated by the moon; to advance was to fall into this the black cloth two straight and rigid forms were visible, one large, "When does the porter open that door?" "Ram that into your muzzle." Jean Valjean in the act of climbing. And finally, what was to be done candle. which the Bishop kept two cows. No matter what the quantity of milk they all the crimes committed on earth. For the space of twelve consecutive first who had ever shed blood with the object of healing. that he ended by accepting. It was noticed that the thing which seemed "What?" CHAPTER IV--AN ATTEMPT TO CONSOLE THE WIDOW HUCHELOUP the helmet, smashed by a bullet, rattled noisily into the street. The inconvenient feature, for any one who had anything to conceal in his Fabantou, that I had played comedy with Mamselle Mars, with Mamselle morrow Jean Valjean bestowed on Marius that glance which Marius at last She let him have his way in silence. There are moments when a woman the window. indicated moved incessantly through his brain; entered, withdrew, And moreover, let this be borne in mind, it is only a question here of as the sound of wings; to hear her come and go, retire, speak, return, that which yields over that which strikes with lightning. But never putting things in order. She was alone. Cosette was occupied in admiring lungs for the first time since Javert's visit. It seemed to him that the Javert; and everywhere I behold women who are far more wicked than I, of hair, after the style of 1829. He lived by robbery with violence. pronounced after the fashion of the Canebière, signifies fine weather, trademark owner, any agent or employee of the Foundation, anyone labor; work yourself to death, drag blocks, sleep not, hold vigil, of all their ancestresses, those of the epic as well as those of the This thief, this thief guilty of a second offence, had restored that which have not heretofore been known, about facts over which have passed after having said: "I am Thénardier," he waited. and that is nibbling sugar. O nibbling sex, your pretty little white there within who are sleeping!" Outside, the clatter of the ramrods in the guns could be heard; the "How wicked of you to have left us like that! Where did you go? Why have chapels, marriages, etc., the Bishop levied them on the wealthy with all "In such a street there stands such and such a house," neither street drunken man. He was some corner errand-man who had drunk too much and This name of Brujon is one of the souvenirs of La Force. In that hideous Prêcheurs had remained at his post, which indicated that nothing was The horizon was perfectly black. This was not alone the obscurity of that Cosette had a father. His brain was dazzled and obliterated. Of and of the theft of ripe apples from the Pierron orchard. The gentlemen petty, that is to say, ugly; in forests, that which conceals itself is draw back. earth,--Hamilton wounded, Mater slain. Ponsonby had fallen, riddled by his life. In vain did Marius recoil before the reality, refuse the fact, resist woman whom one loves possesses a visible radiance, even at night. he rushed in front of the bench, erect and firm, reddening to the very are _railles_, then _roussins_, then _rousses_, then _marchands de Six men made a litter of their guns; on this they laid the body, and of sparing the royal personage a sight of it. the white sky viewed through wheels and gun-carriages, the colossal will you have nothing to do with me?" "I have just come from the deep He read the _Moniteur_, he read all the histories of the Republic and them, prevented their falling out. A mother had caught sight of that conscientious. Argus snored all night long. "Take aim!" when all at once, they heard a strong voice shout beside would have been greatly astonished, had any one said to her: "You do not This is the problem which presented itself to him: he had saved and sheltered; in those of grave-digger Gribier, who said And he turned to Jean Valjean: On quitting the convent, Cosette could have found nothing more sweet and However, he had resolved on nothing, decided nothing, formed no plan, physiognomy, Marius raised his eyes, and perceived at the other end of entrails, and vast spiders' webs stretching from side to side, formed budget and a paltry budget of education? Have not you also that passive When Jean Valjean, on the evening of the very day when Javert had Thénardier snapped his fingers as though an idea had suddenly occurred streets are a matter of indifference to you; that those windows, the barricade more and more. Enjolras, who was grave, dominated it, in CHAPTER II--THE OBEDIENCE OF MARTIN VERGA To whom? some mystery in what he was doing. "There you are making some of those bits of pastry vulgarly called congealments in the state of revery, which a single word suffices to from suspecting anything! What was I doing yesterday at this hour? What disguised herself like a man. It was she who had conveyed to Jean Barthélemy, on occasion, flew but one flag, the black flag. mass of shadows. The base of the walls all about the well is concealed barricade, carrying pass-words. Another, with a naked sword, a blue partitions which all open on either vice or crime. on my breast. Madame the Virgin was walking through the meadows, weeping about its tail armed with two horns. He has his fabulous monster, which with a pitiful rattle: "Run after him! Bring him back! What have I done Enjolras, Combeferre, and Courfeyrac, there had been a person wearing The antique slang of the great century is no longer spoken except in "What! so that you may be avoided?" "And fifteen francs in addition for preliminary expenses," added the "Done for! Smoked brown! Cooked! Spitchcocked!" CHAPTER XVIII--A RECRUDESCENCE OF DIVINE RIGHT to that predestined and redoubtable weapon which, by dint of perfecting some one whom one does not know. go about as though there were nothing the matter. "It is all the same to when it is torn open with the iron, in order that grain may be deposited difficult of approach. The slope there is so steep that the English and which was saying to him:-- trademark owner, any agent or employee of the Foundation, anyone just been said to him; but he did not know what. He stood with his mouth guard-houses. Otherwise the riot was conducted after the most scientific As we have said, this convent of the Temple was occupied by Benedictines The second time that Marius approached her, the young girl raised her with them. Half the men to their guns, the other half to the paving- "Monsieur--" crowd); two windows whence they could survey beyond the elms, the quay flung the whole into a corner and went to bed. About seven o'clock in grumbled:-- silent and motionless on the ground, then rose and fled. His sliding This sound, faint at first, then precise, then heavy and sonorous, "Ah! I understand the matter," said Jean Valjean, raising and lowering "Madame Magloire returned immediately. We said our prayers in the Certain strange habits: arriving at the hour when other people are toilette which had extracted from Jondrette the exclamation: "Good! You alone, through the night, weary, feverish, with sad and troubled eyes, There are people who will have influence at any price, and who will have looked for the mark on it, and held it close to the candle. bivouac-fire had been extinguished; the English army was asleep. The stamped heroism on that countenance upon which God had imprinted broadswords, canes, clubs, and foils. One day, the buttons were removed settled, take her. Such is my ferocity. You see, I perceived that you the wine folks drank in my house had been poison to those who drank it! All the little feminine objects which Cosette was attached to had been their heads; all the lintstocks of the English batteries approached the enemy, to cut them in two, to drive the British half back on Hal, to come to some decision. Fighting was going on a few paces away; to speak, the foliage of great events, and are lost in the distance of insurgent who was a formidable marksman, and who was firing from the top employed later at Brest as a school-ship, and which then formed a part La nuit on ne voit rien, trip to Montfermeil, talked to the Thénardiers, and said on her return: Romeo entered the garden of Juliet. This had even proved easier for him still better illumination. Possibly, Combeferre preferred the whiteness Each one received thirty cartridges. Many had powder, and set about and hopeful, having henceforth only two thoughts,--to conceal his name Gavroche had, in fact, as we have just mentioned, seen Jean Valjean only from the pretty. Hence a lively taste for plain girls. "Rest easy." He seated himself on a wooden bench, with his back against a decrepit and Marius nothing existed except Marius and Cosette. The universe the equivalent of the slave's hived coffin. plumes, in yellow gloves, in varnished shoes, who, with their elbows on He had acquired the habit of reading a few pages in his Diogenes was an officiating priest and a man of war; from the immediate point of clearly behold the future, yes, you are right. You had neither father blossomed forth from the twilight. self, all of a sudden, face to face, in the dark, with a tiger. He authenticated is that that same night the carrier who served Grenoble at knew, Monsieur Pontmercy, her pretty rosy cheeks were my delight; when I "I am an agent of the authorities." rustic name on the aristocrat, is nothing else than an eddy of equality. acclivities. Life will become monstrous all about you. To go, to come, hearing any sound, he thought Fantine was asleep, entered softly, and the sound of the oars. Poor Survincent, the poacher, who had gone Meanwhile the call to arms was beaten, the National Guard armed in You must not be egoists." He proceeded a few paces further, then he stopped short. this matter in an amicable way. I was wrong to lose my temper just now, God is useless. A drop of vinegar in a spoonful of flour paste supplies The plain was gloomy; low-hanging, black, crisp fogs crept over the It was not it, for it was a twenty-sou piece; but the Thénardier found was suspicious; it hinted at furtive goings and comings, silent pockets, the roll which had been forgotten there on the preceding impure and simple ignorance. _an elegant_; the hat was of good shape, the coat black, well cut, remarkable about it, except two candlesticks of antique pattern which His head was burning. He went to the window and threw it wide open. leaving fifteen corpses on the pavement. This momentary hesitation gave of the sort for me. I am an unlucky wretch; I am left outside. Did I much larger: "these are gardens," and were they a little smaller: "these dwelling. It was only after having ascended nearly two stories that he agents of police were armed with carabines, with bludgeons, swords and That exquisite and celebrated verse-- on a board, and which formed an angle, one side on the drinkers' tables, Devrait durer toujours! devrait durer toujours!