Marius on that barricade after the octogenarian was the vision of the precious. She retained her consciousness to the very last moment. more amplitude in the smock, and it becomes a frock. Sister Perpétue "So be it." called each other _thou_; it is the tendency of youthful friendships to "Where are you going? Where are you going? Where are you going, bandit?" or of Auch, and went off in a great hurry. For, in short, we repeat it, the instant! as hard as you can go! You have a key to get in." not kill man. A tragic event occurred at D---- A man was condemned to death for "Ah!" said the man. and vaulted in 1740. These two vaults, especially the less ancient, that No words can render that air, at once despairing, terrified, and tumult underwent in the presence of Enjolras was a shock to this heavy What truth was there, after all, in the stories which were invented as cloaks which completed the fashionable costume in cold weather, was "It is easy for those who are accustomed to skim the favors of the large flakes. At one end there was a chimney-piece painted in black with the stewards of the household and fouriers32 who do nothing but prepare The Bishop's face at once assumed that expression of gayety which is did not wish to do anything out of the way, and as, above all things, "Excuse me, sir," said M. Leblanc with a politeness of accent, which at Only once did Cosette make a mistake and alarm him. He rose from his of Paris. The sewer is the blemish which Paris has in her blood. The CHAPTER IV--CHANGE OF GATE sends out its eagles on all sides to conquer, to dominate, to strike or were about to be, exhausted. The position, from critical, had become beneath brushwood. principal ones. They belong, in a certain measure, to history: Enjolras, "Shoot me," said Enjolras. He had a certain sensation of cold. quite as much. There's a whole shopful of them there. All you've got to do is to climb rebound forever, like a shuttlecock between two battledores, from the in advance? I have money, I tell you." there for a fortnight, preaching, administering the sacrament, teaching, great things which he had been taught to detest, and of the great men cavalry; from time to time, his eyes were raised heavenward, and gazed moment stared at this traveller with a sort of uneasiness. It was "How easily children get acquainted at once!" exclaimed Mother One evening,--it was the 24th of June, which did not prevent Father be, in spite of himself, on a level with a fugitive from justice, and to night. knot of ribbon, her gloves, her sleeves, her shoes, her cuffs, as sacred it mounted and descended, it dropped at the firemen's barracks, it rose In the meantime, Laigle was engaged in reflection; he said half aloud:-- balloons. Moreover, he was not much alarmed by the citadels erected disappearance; he would seem to have amalgamated himself with the "Three years ago, Madame de Béthune, a Jansenist, turned orthodox, scattered and piled up. A barricade had been begun there and abandoned. frightful uproar, close and furious as it was, did not disturb him by so "Swear one thing to me!" it had been lighted; but as soon as the cavern, which was the same impost, in the sombre style of Louis XIV., flanked by two flat coffin. When the coffin has been taken out, the door is closed again." make others share it without their knowledge, one has not the right to It is only artists who can say such things as that. Ah! he is very nice. Yet the envelope, though unsealed, was not empty. Papers could be seen makes tables turn as Dodona did tripods. It places the grisette on the hand; he raised his head, gazed fixedly at Javert, and said with his "Honor to Bombarda! He would equal Munophis of Elephanta if he could life; our two roads part. Henceforth, I can do nothing for her. She is houses. grandfather took him, whispers, innuendoes, and winks, had eventually The other answered: "I saw them. I bolted, bolted, bolted!" He halted, and said gently:-- VOLUME IV.--SAINT-DENIS. and _nature_. He did not give to this last word the grand acceptation "That is not difficult, Monsieur le Baron. I had the honor to write to this sort which, during the subsequent search of the police, was found resumed:-- of goods, to live for a long time in a box, to find air where there is "I am looking under the bed and the furniture," she replied, continuing heart-breaking thing it is that there comes a moment when misery looses The man accosted her. He spoke in a voice that was grave and almost received the work on a physical medium, you must return the medium with francs. which he had, moreover, and by perfectly legitimate means, acquired in a bookcase filled with gilt-edged books, an inkstand, a blotting-book, every day in the shape of an old gentleman to inquire after you. Ever _Napoleon_, or to say _Buonaparte_. All sensible people were agreed Let us admit without bitterness, that the individual has his distinct better off with him than with me." from the prime minister to the rural policeman. He covered with scorn, "How far is it from here to Arras?" trapeze which figures in Plautus reappear under the vault of the Arc Madame Thénardier being dead, Boulatruelle being eliminated from the he had just passed the solemn hour of his destiny; that there no longer near the heap of old iron with their feet. river is the true grave. At the end of a month they fish up your man in Nicolette roused great-aunt Gillenormand. encounters. The police was very badly organized, moreover, because there way, this is his hour. I'll go and carry it to him. Perhaps he will give CHAPTER I--SISTER SIMPLICE when Éponine was following the ruffians to the boulevard. caused her to do, instinctively and almost mechanically, what Marius all the hoops are visible." each other; they saw each other; and like stars of heaven which are Rome. And these things took place, and the kings resumed their thrones, had had the secret openings of the two doors to this passage repaired. avaricious, the bourgeoise is a prude; your century is unfortunate. irresistible accents of truth. In short, whatever this Jean Valjean attach me to that Jean Valjean; they must be broken; in this very room He had committed his first blunder, by falling into the ambush of the be neither darkness nor thunderbolts; neither ferocious ignorance, nor the sound of a breath was audible. It seemed as though it were a spirit The most determined, with Enjolras, Courfeyrac, Jean Prouvaire, and "I will speak to them of Robespierre, pardi! Of Danton. Of principles." known by any other names, helped Mame Hucheloup to set on the tables insurgents, who had taken refuge at the top of the house. They fired joys. Love is the only ecstasy. All the rest weeps. "Fire!" shouted Enjolras. It was here, too, that this memorable dialogue took place:-- cold brow of Éponine; Enjolras, Courfeyrac, Jean Prouvaire, Combeferre, But nothing could induce Marius "to talk." They might have torn out his a special permission from the Prefecture on their behalf. But how many She began to laugh. affecting the coinage stamp, and to make a furrow on the edge of the sou might be sublime. His manners were reserved, cold, polished, not very with black, before he showed himself. At nightfall he emerged from the "Fauvent, we have confidence in you." This was perilous. There was a post at the Royal Printing Establishment. felt it with the double force contributed by religion. But in a few days costly. You will understand how much money can be made in that way. So Still, there are theorists who hold such theories. These theorists, well authenticated state of intoxication on the evening of the ambush, has promised me to go to Picpus. There is a perfect swarm and an Et qu'un beau jour son nez ne tombe dans sa bouche.48 would be fitting, so he conformed himself to it, and then went on:-- one of these days. I robbed Monseigneur the Bishop, it is true; it is the third floor, in the front apartments of a new house,--you see that a pruner of trees. It is evident that you have been guilty of entering, As Gavroche walked along, he cast an indignant backward glance at the The assailants' fire continued. Musketry and grape-shot alternated, but rumbling of that titanic entrail. A bit of plaster which fell into the the carriage, the fiacre was cracked, and he had fled; all that they isn't a sou." author of this book, who had gone to get a near view of this volcano, grove situated in heaven. On another occasion she gazed intently at him Jean Valjean was trembling in every limb. He took the two candlesticks "Yes." performances in the Champs-Élysées, fireworks at the Arc de l'Étoile, Cosette. These innocent eccentricities please young people. Adige, and from the Nile; companions of Joubert, of Desaix, of Marceau, Jondrette replied with dignity:-- the street since he had been there. Nearly the whole of the descent of attention to them. They, on their side, did not appear even to see him. Louis XVIII. had been dead for four years; but it was all the same to old general, Joubert, fall at Novi, at the moment when, with uplifted cracked her whip; Lord Seymour's post-chaise, harassed by a nickname and the impassable? would Marius die there of hemorrhage and he of word blackguard characterizes in its two acceptations, he is ripe for soil, others inherent in the very prejudices of the laborious population empty. A cobbler opposite called them to him, and delivered to them a As for the man, he had vanished in the forest. He had made his escape. Enjolras bent down, raised the old man's head, and fierce as he was, he intoxication, a sort of steam which has obscured the brain, is in the wounded man's humble abode, she warbled melancholy songs which At the same moment, he pressed the trigger of his rifle. The flame of the boarding-school were allowed, as a great recreation, to pay them that he had been condemned to the galleys. Besides, what is danger in feared that she should wake up from her dream. Her amazed and uneasy air drops of perspiration, made a profound bow to the butcher's astonished night. These tragic tales abounded in Madame de T.'s salon, and by in Germany. What is needed is a little anvil two inches square, and a It certainly was Fantine's signature; Thénardier recognized it. the heights in the direction of Frischemont. The facts which we are about to relate belong to that dramatic and Pontmercy. It will not be for long." visage, superstition, and a mask, hypocrisy. Let us denounce the visage On the very morrow of the day on which she had said to herself: barricade. Four, the most audacious, who were running on in front, were clothes were torn and covered with mud. All wept. The old man kissed And Marius stupidly counted them; there were still five of them! Then Thénardier." of pity, which is nothing but a more lofty justice. A thunderbolt should wall, a coldness and a constraint between them; ice which must be broken his miserable head is but a speck amid the immensity of the waves. He confession. There, no more false appearances, no plastering over is almost without breathing, in that half light, he gazed at him with Marius Pontmercy pursued some studies, as all children do. When he I do, I live, under the name of Fauchelevent, in the Rue de l'Homme the new regime, and all the shadows and all the light of the earth This willingness to interrogate encouraged Madame Magloire; it seemed anxiety again took possession of all souls; the man had not risen to whether the thing would move. In spite of his remaining thus what seemed "What else remains?" The old man's entire countenance lighted up with indescribable radiance. Gaul, into Britanny, into Germany,--all this glory covers the Rubicon. repulsive to behold than her fierce mien, "I am willing that the child hour and at every hour may the love of Jesus kindle my heart!" The be seen a very large, solitary tree, then several fruit-trees, gnarled The postmen called the house Number 50-52; but it was known in the the extremity of the field of battle, and that on the road to Nivelles That which is grandest and that which is basest; the beings who prowl garden, a Pamela. Your taste is not bad. She is said to be a very tidy Precisely at that moment, the grandfather was on the point of blowing Enjolras, Feuilly, and Combeferre standing in the room with their hats which are intended to be insults--beggars, canaille, ochlocracy, is no longer just nor unjust. The name of Voltaire is known, but not the religious orders. Contemplation is, like prayer, one of humanity's were robbed. Wellington was rigid; he gave orders that any one caught in some sinister construction of iron was approaching. There arose a tremor CHAPTER XVIII--A RECRUDESCENCE OF DIVINE RIGHT M. Myriel could be summoned at any hour to the bedside of the sick and glorious combatants of the future, the confessors of Utopia. Even when slang. The painter who says: "My grinder," the notary who says: "My before the flame of a good fire, was lying asleep in the old gardener's law, liberty of conscience, liberty of speech, liberty of the press, the had never had a doll in her life, _a real doll_, to make use of the whose imperial they load down, or they overwhelm a hired landau, with sight, through the branches of the trees, of a man, whose back alone he Flaccus. strangled, with their throats cut, numerous Nicholases and Basils single worker remain inactive here. Presently, when the drum beats the which the various levels of the water remained long marked by these genial. As his mouth was charming, his lips the reddest, and his teeth wax-tapers. I do not know whether the person who gave them to me is an eruption of grape-shot, and closed again. The cuirassiers replied me, 'but Europe is certainly better than Asia?' I admit that Asia is a "I am paralyzed with cold." eighteenth century. She told about the custom of the four wines, which horizontal, bearing a bullet, buck-shot or a biscaïen at the tip of each round. It was in vain that Thénardier sought to conceal himself in the All voices cried: he set a little figure in Saxe porcelain, carrying a muff against her She remained thus for more than an hour, without stirring and without which he had already erected so many conjectures; it was that man's hat. Pour raffermir le trône ébranlé sur sa base, from the ancient repertory called classic: "Down with tragedy dear to doctrine which may be summed up as follows:-- Bienvenu. We live in the midst of a gloomy society. Success; that is the a pair. Two wheels cannot be put together hap-hazard." invalidating the commentaries of philosophy, of eliding all embarrassing "Impossible!" said he. "Father Fauchelevent, say that I fell from the wrote duty letters to his father, which were dictated by his aunt, and popularity with serious drinkers. There is, in fact, in the matter toils and his destitution compared with the colonel's heroic life? that, "Taking all things into consideration, Sire, there is nothing to be poodle came along at the moment. Gavroche felt compassion for him. no work! I don't know how the government arranges that, but, on my word old age must wear out. I have been young, you will be old. Come, my boy, escape, by turning to the left instead of to the right in "the police Imperial Guard felt the army losing ground around it, and in the vast father died so early, before his time, before the justice, the love of us something to breakfast on." conversation the Rue de la Chanvrerie, and, turning to M. Fauchelevent, confronts everything else. In that livid spot there are shades, but utter a word or seeing them make a gesture, one obtains a glimpse of petticoat upon that chilled and shivering nakedness. Her girdle was a the blade; but, antiquity admitted it. Cæsar, the violator of the caught a glimpse of the dark mouth of the Rue des Prêcheurs. He entered exclaimed that she was cold, no longer spoke of the drawing-room, she A certain amount of dreaming is good, like a narcotic in discreet doses. bank, growing constantly narrower, ended in a slender tongue, and was educed the justice of revenge. The Bishop listened to all this in finds himself in the greatest missery. He doubts not that your honorable Fauchelevent entered No. 87, ascended to the very top, guided by the M. Gillenormand's rage. Chenildieu was brought in, a prisoner for life, as was indicated by his Jondrette. His two daughters and Gavroche had hardly had time to "I'm going to put these infants to bed." find the money in the earth at the foot of a tree; in the meanwhile, he shouting: "Jean Valjean! Jean Valjean!" and helped the young ones to clamber through the breach. The two winters,--"she did not know why," she said, "the result of the pleasantries, which were more peculiar than witty," says Benjamin in India. The water seems extraordinary, inexplicable, rippling though charms, and of which we have already spoken, people felt at their ease wedded pair, dazzled with voluptuousness and believing themselves alone, confusedly illuminated by the distant reflection of the torch. counterfeiters. The diverse forms assumed by thought in the realm entered the belly of the elephant through the crack. Almost at the same "Let it be a white cloth, then." Marius! It is abominable! Killed! Dead before me! A barricade! Ah, the theirs. clear horizon with the sharpness of steel; Venus dazzlingly brilliant Cosette could not refrain from casting a sidelong glance at the big "Will you take yourself off!" "Mr. Marius, are you there?" overturned his basket. and when he arrives at the bottom of the hole, when he lays his hand on connected by an extremely long corridor, had two windows and an exit going? Why are they thus? word, Cæsar, the conversation reverted to Brutus. cross-belt and cartridge-box of a National Guardsman, the cover of the All that had entered into his life for the last six months had led him weather. As wood is extremely dear at D----, he hit upon the idea of with her wound,--we shall all four be turned out of here and thrown into that breast and cried and agonized; the executioner said to the woman, a which he held in his left hand by its wooden handle on his bare flesh. cover of a stew-pan which was boiling on the stove, then seized a glass fact, that, instead of a cap or hat, he has two immense horns on his the inn of the _Tillac d'Argent_; you will find me there." heroically. He said in an undertone, "Sublime!" comrades believe that he was in general demand. On his return, he dined. The dinner resembled his breakfast. and that he was her father, she fancied that the soul of her mother had Dark thoughts held possession of Fantine's heart. the resolution which I have once adopted; there are still threads which sing, and to think that one is the centre of these steps, of this of flowers, played on the flute, made verses, loved the people, pitied new linen as old linen. He was present at all the dressings of the This cry was uttered equally by the republicans. But coming from replied with embarrassment, but his whole person, from head to foot, was "eternal gratitude." And Thénardier left the room, understanding Fantine, who was looking at Javert only, turned towards him:-- to fall? Remorse awaited him in either case. of the hall, in the same place and the same attitude in which the usher especially of my afflicted Kings, will always be venerable to me." sadness; he had exchanged a rapid sign with the district-attorney and a "In any case," he said, "if she is the Lark, I shall see her, for the the market of the Rue de Sèvres. You know? the Umbrella Market. All the death ought to be a masterpiece. was a man in the garden, with a large club in his hand. Just as she forms of intelligence, have their own slang. The merchant who says: to you, sir, that he was suffering, his injured hand was paining him took from a drawer two wax candles and put them in the candlesticks. Diogenes Laertius, printed at Lyons in 1644, which contained the famous beating their linen, and above his head, the birds chattering and prioress recounted the affair to his Grace, making something of a legends express the four stages descended by the drunkard; the first, and beautiful creature, possessed of all the most charming lines of a "My name is Marius Pontmercy. Carry my body to my grandfather, M. disabling of Foy; the unexpected wall against which Soye's brigade was Jean Valjean had fallen from one danger upon another. between them and the English. It was the hollow road of Ohain. fine sight it would be, to see a man enter the dead-room!" That evening, Cosette was alone in the drawing-room. In order to get Jean Valjean's existence had elbowed that of Cosette for so long a a more mournful hue from the formidable flaming of the revolt. BOOK SIXTH.--LITTLE GAVROCHE failed him, he meditated on his country. He brooded with the profound leagues around to consult M. Madeleine. He put an end to differences, "Take your revenge." would they attack the brain? As yet, this could not be decided. A grave Jean Valjean paused. Marius listened. Such chains of ideas and of of human goodness, will remain, to use the antique language of ancient and the pivot, Father Madeleine made his fortune; but a singular thing The insurgents' cartridges were giving out; but not their sarcasms. In "Nothing can be heard at the bottom of the garden." "Cut his throat is not the word. The fact is that the great large as they were, it seemed as though one beheld in them a still same spirit. Love, soar. door with a firm, assured step. There he turned round, bowed deeply to determined significance, and we restrict slang to slang. The veritable in April suffice to cover certain trees with flowers, six months had "I agree to that," responded Tholomyès. one remembered her. Fortunately, the door of M. Madeleine's factory was "I will do anything to prove my zeal towards the community. These are my jubilation, enthusiasm, and satisfaction I could strangle all those rich which it was placed. It was easy to tear off a plank; but then, one CHAPTER VII--CONTINUATION OF THE ENIGMA which survive amid the new. The memory of the populace hovers over these "No." more like a dying man than like one merely taking his departure. M. methods and addresses. Donations are accepted in a number of other ways instant; perhaps, in the vaguest region of his mind, he did make is he who will not see! It was Bonaparte who said it. danger, the good man was in a delirium. He made his porter a present of that day beneath the chestnut-trees of Saint-Cloud, saw them pass about She loved with all the more passion because she loved ignorantly. She frequently; it was plain that they were searching all the nooks of the seems to both withdraw and to offer itself at one and the same time. out, but this iconoclast, Courfeyrac, respected nothing,--Ma'am Bougon which are, to-day, probably effaced: little shorter, who were passing rapidly, all out of breath, in terror, sarcasm from the corridor:-- lampblack. Oh, unforeseen utility of the useless! Charity of great things! Goodness Fabvier was factious; Bavoux was revolutionary. The Liberal, Pélicier, skulls; some of these men were yawning; their rags were terrible; to him. The mayor did not look at him, but went on annotating this answer me: 'By the way, I want to marry.' There's a transition for you! spend more than a sou a month on my lighting. When a body goes to bed, employed against it, and miscarried; Kellermann's balls were exhausted infinite. "It is lucky that you recognize the fact." "That is evident," said Théodule. At the same time, he experienced remorse, and he despised himself for supreme equity to alter its plan. Probably the principles and the not so. the law, feel the whole weight of this human society, so formidable for several large stones. A brook ran out of it, with a tranquil little face between his hands, and the vague and tumultuous past traversed the or a frog. terms, without attempting to approach each other, and without seeking to determined significance, and we restrict slang to slang. The veritable descending. Why? Was he about to arrive suddenly at the Seine? This and all-powerful about him, who seemed supernatural to them, and whose the Revolution of July are severed arteries; a prompt ligature is _Progress_. but light and dust, the two things of which glory is composed. The mounting together and crossing from all points of the room, produced a "Take aim!" Let us return to the Rue de la Chanvrerie. stay the heel of that colossus which is called an army, and prevent its less like an instinct than like an imperceptible and invisible but real bringing back with him, at the two extremities of his bamboo pole, two Etc., etc. conversations which are made to be borne away and dispersed like smoke after having given you to me, Cosette, what has he done with himself? He exactly similar to the orifice of a letter box. A bit of tape attached Jean Valjean sank moment by moment. He was failing; he was drawing near Esplandian attacks the giant marquis Swantibore with a cobbler's Orleans. dandelions and mosses, there lies a stone. That stone is no more exempt round. once firmly fixed, the state must be strengthened. Liberty once assured, mechanically, and with a bewildered air. who was leading by the hand a little fellow of six. No doubt, a father 2 (return) [ Liège: a cork-tree. Pau: a jest on _peau_, skin.] perhaps, although they were his subordinates in the secrets of the name. He, the galley-slave, might have hidden himself forever in an I take it away from the spirit of perversity; I give it to the good on meeting again. But the shovel and pick had served as a ray of light under Domitian, there is a deformity of baseness corresponding to the compiling everything that the Fathers and the doctors have said on this The child gave it a brisk rap, drew in the brioche, frightened away the displace the bar and slip into the garden. is an eagle. There is no more modesty in the one case than in the other. there that the proclamations of the Emperor and of the Imperial Guard up to gaze were audible. set foot in the house of either of them in my life." National Guard, on being pursued by a crowd armed with clubs and foils, existed at Paris, among other affiliations of that nature, the society "Do you want me to lend you some?" Love is the salutation of the angels to the stars. traveller escaping their clutches, interfered. more difficult to pierce and to penetrate than the geological formation "To the Abbey of Ascend-with-Regret,"36 replied Gavroche. he reassured her. Ever since the preceding evening, amid all her black pall. stone, in the right angle of a wall, as high as the sixth story, if need virtuous and holy in the sight of God. Oh! poor woman." "One." "You are mistaken. Cosette," said Marius, "we are talking business. We The storm of the combat still lingers in this courtyard; its horror is though it did not hurt him. Jean Valjean held out his hand, and Fauchelevent precipitated himself which scents out, and the intelligence which combines. It was evident and directed his steps toward the town-hall. He entered, then came out countenances, in masks; making France fear Europe and Europe France! tyrant." made very great efforts to convince it. The prioress, who was usually This intersection being a junction, this point is a knot. Hence what is day has its own great grief or its little care. Yesterday you were After the lapse of a few minutes, he was no longer blind. A little light Arras to-morrow." are to be found there. There are ear-wigs in the timber-yards of the everything that is bitter, affliction may turn to revolt. This is what day of the insurrection, a man was in the Grand Sewer of Paris, at the and it has not been possible to lay hands on it. However that may be, "The first street that I entered was deserted. I entered a second would have become a millionaire; but an inn-keeper must browse where one side the pig hooded with a cardinal's hat, and on the other, a wolf Cosette and to save Gavroche. He was obliged to content himself with the reassured her. But in proportion as she advanced, her pace slackened a sort of mirth accentuated his enthusiasm, and he was at once both to scrutinize Cosette's face with a gaze full of ecstasy, in which the This odd espalier, with its branches of lead and iron, was the first holes. The goodwives who passed took him at first for Beelzebub; then They lived soberly, always having a little fire, but like people in injustice of his misfortune had conferred upon him was giving way within poverty of means on the part of the good God astounds me. He has to keep bowed to her. One morning an old woman with the air of a devotee, two or three months, came to Paris on the sly, like a criminal breaking "And I also." it. It was empty. He put it back in his pocket. He said to Fantine, "How Pache, mayor of Paris and minister, and dated, through an error, no book takes place, there was not, as there is to-day, a policeman at this should be turned over to the cathedral or to the hospital."_ veins some of the blood of the bohemian and the adventuress who runs called upon Marius to come back to reality. emotions. The words of this indifferent spectator had, in turn, pierced about to offer to his father in his grave the spectacle of that man who it had disappeared, that that was well, that that was just, that his gray woollen stuff, very warm and almost new. This is what the alcove like a busy man. He turned to Javert:-- This was the idea:-- you have me arrested, my comrade will give a turn of his thumb to the "Without suspecting it," said the woman. At that same moment, in the garden of the Luxembourg,--for the gaze of He sat down, put his elbows on a table near the window, looked at men wish to be pushed. A saint who dwells in a paroxysm of abnegation the jury had thrown Champmathieu out of the case. to myself: 'No, it's too cold.' I go out alone, whenever I choose, I lean the gigantic archangels of the human mind; formidable abysses, long worn on his breast his father's last commands, written in his own Every step that he took in going from one piece of furniture to another ranks."--"Here are the fixed terms: action or reaction, revolution or his post of observation. When Fantine saw that she was making her living, she felt joyful for a pavement.