0 CHAPTER III—THE ANKLE-CHAIN MUST HAVE UNDERGONE A CERTAIN PREPARATORY 1 CHAPTER VI—THE GRASS COVERS AND THE RAIN EFFACES 2 CHAPTER I—M. MYRIEL 3 CHAPTER II—M. MYRIEL BECOMES M. WELCOME 4 CHAPTER III—A HARD BISHOPRIC FOR A GOOD BISHOP 5 CHAPTER IV—WORKS CORRESPONDING TO WORDS 6 CHAPTER V—MONSEIGNEUR BIENVENU MADE HIS CASSOCKS LAST TOO LONG 7 CHAPTER VI—WHO GUARDED HIS HOUSE FOR HIM 8 CHAPTER VII—CRAVATTE 9 CHAPTER VIII—PHILOSOPHY AFTER DRINKING 10 CHAPTER IX—THE BROTHER AS DEPICTED BY THE SISTER 11 CHAPTER X—THE BISHOP IN THE PRESENCE OF AN UNKNOWN LIGHT 12 CHAPTER XI—A RESTRICTION 13 CHAPTER XII—THE SOLITUDE OF MONSEIGNEUR WELCOME 14 CHAPTER XIII—WHAT HE BELIEVED 15 CHAPTER XIV—WHAT HE THOUGHT 16 CHAPTER I—THE EVENING OF A DAY OF WALKING 17 CHAPTER II—PRUDENCE COUNSELLED TO WISDOM. 18 CHAPTER III—THE HEROISM OF PASSIVE OBEDIENCE. 19 CHAPTER IV—DETAILS CONCERNING THE CHEESE-DAIRIES OF PONTARLIER. 20 CHAPTER V—TRANQUILLITY 21 CHAPTER VI—JEAN VALJEAN 22 CHAPTER VII—THE INTERIOR OF DESPAIR 23 CHAPTER VIII—BILLOWS AND SHADOWS 24 CHAPTER IX—NEW TROUBLES 25 CHAPTER X—THE MAN AROUSED 26 CHAPTER XI—WHAT HE DOES 27 CHAPTER XII—THE BISHOP WORKS 28 CHAPTER XIII—LITTLE GERVAIS 29 CHAPTER I—THE YEAR 1817 30 CHAPTER II—A DOUBLE QUARTETTE 31 CHAPTER III—FOUR AND FOUR 32 CHAPTER IV—THOLOMYÈS IS SO MERRY THAT HE SINGS A SPANISH DITTY 33 CHAPTER V—AT BOMBARDA’S 34 CHAPTER VI—A CHAPTER IN WHICH THEY ADORE EACH OTHER 35 CHAPTER VII—THE WISDOM OF THOLOMYÈS 36 CHAPTER VIII—THE DEATH OF A HORSE 37 CHAPTER IX—A MERRY END TO MIRTH 38 CHAPTER I—ONE MOTHER MEETS ANOTHER MOTHER 39 CHAPTER II—FIRST SKETCH OF TWO UNPREPOSSESSING FIGURES 40 CHAPTER III—THE LARK 41 CHAPTER I—THE HISTORY OF A PROGRESS IN BLACK GLASS TRINKETS 42 CHAPTER II—MADELEINE 43 CHAPTER III—SUMS DEPOSITED WITH LAFFITTE 44 CHAPTER IV—M. MADELEINE IN MOURNING 45 CHAPTER V—VAGUE FLASHES ON THE HORIZON 46 CHAPTER VI—FATHER FAUCHELEVENT 47 CHAPTER VII—FAUCHELEVENT BECOMES A GARDENER IN PARIS 48 CHAPTER VIII—MADAME VICTURNIEN EXPENDS THIRTY FRANCS ON MORALITY 49 CHAPTER IX—MADAME VICTURNIEN’S SUCCESS 50 CHAPTER X—RESULT OF THE SUCCESS 51 CHAPTER XI—CHRISTUS NOS LIBERAVIT 52 CHAPTER XII—M. BAMATABOIS’S INACTIVITY 53 CHAPTER XIII—THE SOLUTION OF SOME QUESTIONS CONNECTED WITH THE 54 CHAPTER I—THE BEGINNING OF REPOSE 55 CHAPTER II—HOW JEAN MAY BECOME CHAMP 56 CHAPTER I—SISTER SIMPLICE 57 CHAPTER II—THE PERSPICACITY OF MASTER SCAUFFLAIRE 58 CHAPTER III—A TEMPEST IN A SKULL 59 CHAPTER IV—FORMS ASSUMED BY SUFFERING DURING SLEEP 60 CHAPTER V—HINDRANCES 61 CHAPTER VI—SISTER SIMPLICE PUT TO THE PROOF 62 CHAPTER VII—THE TRAVELLER ON HIS ARRIVAL TAKES PRECAUTIONS FOR 63 CHAPTER VIII—AN ENTRANCE BY FAVOR 64 CHAPTER IX—A PLACE WHERE CONVICTIONS ARE IN PROCESS OF FORMATION 65 CHAPTER X—THE SYSTEM OF DENIALS 66 CHAPTER XI—CHAMPMATHIEU MORE AND MORE ASTONISHED 67 CHAPTER I—IN WHAT MIRROR M. MADELEINE CONTEMPLATES HIS HAIR 68 CHAPTER II—FANTINE HAPPY 69 CHAPTER III—JAVERT SATISFIED 70 CHAPTER IV—AUTHORITY REASSERTS ITS RIGHTS 71 CHAPTER V—A SUITABLE TOMB 72 CHAPTER I—WHAT IS MET WITH ON THE WAY FROM NIVELLES 73 CHAPTER II—HOUGOMONT 74 CHAPTER III—THE EIGHTEENTH OF JUNE, 1815 75 CHAPTER IV—A 76 CHAPTER V—THE QUID OBSCURUM OF BATTLES 77 CHAPTER VI—FOUR O’CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON 78 CHAPTER VII—NAPOLEON IN A GOOD HUMOR 79 CHAPTER VIII—THE EMPEROR PUTS A QUESTION TO THE GUIDE LACOSTE 80 CHAPTER IX—THE UNEXPECTED 81 CHAPTER X—THE PLATEAU OF MONT-SAINT-JEAN 82 CHAPTER XI—A BAD GUIDE TO NAPOLEON; A GOOD GUIDE TO BÜLOW 83 CHAPTER XII—THE GUARD 84 CHAPTER XIII—THE CATASTROPHE 85 CHAPTER XIV—THE LAST SQUARE 86 CHAPTER XV—CAMBRONNE 87 CHAPTER XVI—QUOT LIBRAS IN DUCE? 88 CHAPTER XVII—IS WATERLOO TO BE CONSIDERED GOOD? 89 CHAPTER XVIII—A RECRUDESCENCE OF DIVINE RIGHT 90 CHAPTER XIX—THE BATTLE-FIELD AT NIGHT 91 CHAPTER I—NUMBER 24,601 BECOMES NUMBER 9,430 92 CHAPTER II—IN WHICH THE READER WILL PERUSE TWO VERSES, WHICH ARE OF THE 93 CHAPTER III—THE ANKLE-CHAIN MUST HAVE UNDERGONE A CERTAIN PREPARATORY 94 CHAPTER I—THE WATER QUESTION AT MONTFERMEIL 95 CHAPTER II—TWO COMPLETE PORTRAITS 96 CHAPTER III—MEN MUST HAVE WINE, AND HORSES MUST HAVE WATER 97 CHAPTER IV—ENTRANCE ON THE SCENE OF A DOLL 98 CHAPTER V—THE LITTLE ONE ALL ALONE 99 CHAPTER VI—WHICH POSSIBLY PROVES BOULATRUELLE’S INTELLIGENCE 100 CHAPTER VII—COSETTE SIDE BY SIDE WITH THE STRANGER IN THE DARK 101 CHAPTER VIII—THE UNPLEASANTNESS OF RECEIVING INTO ONE’S HOUSE A POOR 102 CHAPTER IX— THÉNARDIER AND HIS MANŒUVRES 103 CHAPTER X—HE WHO SEEKS TO BETTER HIMSELF MAY RENDER HIS SITUATION WORSE 104 CHAPTER XI—NUMBER 9,430 REAPPEARS, AND COSETTE WINS IT IN THE LOTTERY 105 CHAPTER I—MASTER GORBEAU 106 CHAPTER II—A NEST FOR OWL AND A WARBLER 107 CHAPTER III—TWO MISFORTUNES MAKE ONE PIECE OF GOOD FORTUNE 108 CHAPTER IV—THE REMARKS OF THE PRINCIPAL TENANT 109 CHAPTER V—A FIVE-FRANC PIECE FALLS ON THE GROUND AND PRODUCES A TUMULT 110 CHAPTER I—THE ZIGZAGS OF STRATEGY 111 CHAPTER II—IT IS LUCKY THAT THE PONT D’AUSTERLITZ BEARS CARRIAGES 112 CHAPTER III—TO WIT, THE PLAN OF PARIS IN 1727 113 CHAPTER IV—THE GROPINGS OF FLIGHT 114 CHAPTER V—WHICH WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE WITH GAS LANTERNS 115 CHAPTER VI—THE BEGINNING OF AN ENIGMA 116 CHAPTER VII—CONTINUATION OF THE ENIGMA 117 CHAPTER VIII—THE ENIGMA BECOMES DOUBLY MYSTERIOUS 118 CHAPTER IX—THE MAN WITH THE BELL 119 CHAPTER X—WHICH EXPLAINS HOW JAVERT GOT ON THE SCENT 120 CHAPTER I—NUMBER 62 RUE PETIT-PICPUS 121 CHAPTER II—THE OBEDIENCE OF MARTIN VERGA 122 CHAPTER III—AUSTERITIES 123 CHAPTER IV—GAYETIES 124 CHAPTER V—DISTRACTIONS 125 CHAPTER VI—THE LITTLE CONVENT 126 CHAPTER VII—SOME SILHOUETTES OF THIS DARKNESS 127 CHAPTER VIII—POST CORDA LAPIDES 128 CHAPTER IX—A CENTURY UNDER A GUIMPE 129 CHAPTER X—ORIGIN OF THE PERPETUAL ADORATION 130 CHAPTER XI—END OF THE PETIT-PICPUS 131 CHAPTER I—THE CONVENT AS AN ABSTRACT IDEA 132 CHAPTER II—THE CONVENT AS AN HISTORICAL FACT 133 CHAPTER III—ON WHAT CONDITIONS ONE CAN RESPECT THE PAST 134 CHAPTER IV—THE CONVENT FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF PRINCIPLES 135 CHAPTER V—PRAYER 136 CHAPTER VI—THE ABSOLUTE GOODNESS OF PRAYER 137 CHAPTER VII—PRECAUTIONS TO BE OBSERVED IN BLAME 138 CHAPTER VIII—FAITH, LAW 139 CHAPTER I—WHICH TREATS OF THE MANNER OF ENTERING A CONVENT 140 CHAPTER II—FAUCHELEVENT IN THE PRESENCE OF A DIFFICULTY 141 CHAPTER III—MOTHER INNOCENTE 142 CHAPTER IV—IN WHICH JEAN VALJEAN HAS QUITE THE AIR OF HAVING READ 143 CHAPTER V—IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO BE DRUNK IN ORDER TO BE IMMORTAL 144 CHAPTER VI—BETWEEN FOUR PLANKS 145 CHAPTER VII—IN WHICH WILL BE FOUND THE ORIGIN OF THE SAYING: DON’T LOSE 146 CHAPTER VIII—A SUCCESSFUL INTERROGATORY 147 CHAPTER IX—CLOISTERED 148 CHAPTER I—PARVULUS 149 CHAPTER II—SOME OF HIS PARTICULAR CHARACTERISTICS 150 CHAPTER III—HE IS AGREEABLE 151 CHAPTER IV—HE MAY BE OF USE 152 CHAPTER V—HIS FRONTIERS 153 CHAPTER VI—A BIT OF HISTORY 154 CHAPTER VII—THE GAMIN SHOULD HAVE HIS PLACE IN THE CLASSIFICATIONS OF 155 CHAPTER VIII—IN WHICH THE READER WILL FIND A CHARMING SAYING OF THE 156 CHAPTER IX—THE OLD SOUL OF GAUL 157 CHAPTER X—ECCE PARIS, ECCE HOMO 158 CHAPTER XI—TO SCOFF, TO REIGN 159 CHAPTER XII—THE FUTURE LATENT IN THE PEOPLE 160 CHAPTER XIII—LITTLE GAVROCHE 161 CHAPTER I—NINETY YEARS AND THIRTY-TWO TEETH 162 CHAPTER II—LIKE MASTER, LIKE HOUSE 163 CHAPTER III—LUC-ESPRIT 164 CHAPTER IV—A CENTENARIAN ASPIRANT 165 CHAPTER V—BASQUE AND NICOLETTE 166 CHAPTER VI—IN WHICH MAGNON AND HER TWO CHILDREN ARE SEEN 167 CHAPTER VII—RULE: RECEIVE NO ONE EXCEPT IN THE EVENING 168 CHAPTER VIII—TWO DO NOT MAKE A PAIR 169 CHAPTER I—AN ANCIENT SALON 170 CHAPTER II—ONE OF THE RED SPECTRES OF THAT EPOCH 171 CHAPTER III—REQUIESCANT 172 CHAPTER IV—END OF THE BRIGAND 173 CHAPTER V—THE UTILITY OF GOING TO MASS, IN ORDER TO BECOME A 174 CHAPTER VI—THE CONSEQUENCES OF HAVING MET A WARDEN 175 CHAPTER VII—SOME PETTICOAT 176 CHAPTER VIII—MARBLE AGAINST GRANITE 177 CHAPTER I—A GROUP WHICH BARELY MISSED BECOMING HISTORIC 178 CHAPTER II—BLONDEAU’S FUNERAL ORATION BY BOSSUET 179 CHAPTER III—MARIUS’ ASTONISHMENTS 180 CHAPTER IV—THE BACK ROOM OF THE CAFÉ MUSAIN 181 CHAPTER V—ENLARGEMENT OF HORIZON 182 CHAPTER VI—RES ANGUSTA 183 CHAPTER I—MARIUS INDIGENT 184 CHAPTER II—MARIUS POOR 185 CHAPTER III—MARIUS GROWN UP 186 CHAPTER IV—M. MABEUF 187 CHAPTER V—POVERTY A GOOD NEIGHBOR FOR MISERY 188 CHAPTER VI—THE SUBSTITUTE 189 CHAPTER I—THE SOBRIQUET: MODE OF FORMATION OF FAMILY NAMES 190 CHAPTER II—LUX FACTA EST 191 CHAPTER III—EFFECT OF THE SPRING 192 CHAPTER IV—BEGINNING OF A GREAT MALADY 193 CHAPTER V—DIVERS CLAPS OF THUNDER FALL ON MA’AM BOUGON 194 CHAPTER VI—TAKEN PRISONER 195 CHAPTER VII—ADVENTURES OF THE LETTER U DELIVERED OVER TO CONJECTURES 196 CHAPTER VIII—THE VETERANS THEMSELVES CAN BE HAPPY 197 CHAPTER IX—ECLIPSE 198 CHAPTER I—MINES AND MINERS 199 CHAPTER II—THE LOWEST DEPTHS 200 CHAPTER III—BABET, GUEULEMER, CLAQUESOUS, AND MONTPARNASSE 201 CHAPTER IV—COMPOSITION OF THE TROUPE 202 CHAPTER I—MARIUS, WHILE SEEKING A GIRL IN A BONNET, ENCOUNTERS A MAN IN 203 CHAPTER II—TREASURE TROVE 204 CHAPTER III—QUADRIFRONS 205 CHAPTER IV—A ROSE IN MISERY 206 CHAPTER V—A PROVIDENTIAL PEEP-HOLE 207 CHAPTER VI—THE WILD MAN IN HIS LAIR 208 CHAPTER VII—STRATEGY AND TACTICS 209 CHAPTER VIII—THE RAY OF LIGHT IN THE HOVEL 210 CHAPTER IX—JONDRETTE COMES NEAR WEEPING 211 CHAPTER X—TARIFF OF LICENSED CABS: TWO FRANCS AN HOUR 212 CHAPTER XI—OFFERS OF SERVICE FROM MISERY TO WRETCHEDNESS 213 CHAPTER XII—THE USE MADE OF M. LEBLANC’S FIVE-FRANC PIECE 214 CHAPTER XIII—SOLUS CUM SOLO, IN LOCO REMOTO, NON COGITABUNTUR ORARE 215 CHAPTER XIV—IN WHICH A POLICE AGENT BESTOWS TWO FISTFULS ON A LAWYER 216 CHAPTER XV—JONDRETTE MAKES HIS PURCHASES 217 CHAPTER XVI—IN WHICH WILL BE FOUND THE WORDS TO AN ENGLISH AIR WHICH 218 CHAPTER XVII—THE USE MADE OF MARIUS’ FIVE-FRANC PIECE 219 CHAPTER XVIII—MARIUS’ TWO CHAIRS FORM A VIS-A-VIS 220 CHAPTER XIX—OCCUPYING ONE’S SELF WITH OBSCURE DEPTHS 221 CHAPTER XX—THE TRAP 222 CHAPTER XXI—ONE SHOULD ALWAYS BEGIN BY ARRESTING THE VICTIMS 223 CHAPTER XXII—THE LITTLE ONE WHO WAS CRYING IN VOLUME TWO 224 CHAPTER I—WELL CUT 225 CHAPTER II—BADLY SEWED 226 CHAPTER III—LOUIS PHILIPPE 227 CHAPTER IV—CRACKS BENEATH THE FOUNDATION 228 CHAPTER V—FACTS WHENCE HISTORY SPRINGS AND WHICH HISTORY IGNORES 229 CHAPTER VI—ENJOLRAS AND HIS LIEUTENANTS 230 CHAPTER I—THE LARK’S MEADOW 231 CHAPTER II—EMBRYONIC FORMATION OF CRIMES IN THE INCUBATION OF PRISONS 232 CHAPTER III—APPARITION TO FATHER MABEUF 233 CHAPTER IV—AN APPARITION TO MARIUS 234 CHAPTER I—THE HOUSE WITH A SECRET 235 CHAPTER II—JEAN VALJEAN AS A NATIONAL GUARD 236 CHAPTER III—FOLIIS AC FRONDIBUS 237 CHAPTER IV—CHANGE OF GATE 238 CHAPTER V—THE ROSE PERCEIVES THAT IT IS AN ENGINE OF WAR 239 CHAPTER VI—THE BATTLE BEGUN 240 CHAPTER VII—TO ONE SADNESS OPPOSE A SADNESS AND A HALF 241 CHAPTER VIII—THE CHAIN-GANG 242 CHAPTER I—A WOUND WITHOUT, HEALING WITHIN 243 CHAPTER II—MOTHER PLUTARQUE FINDS NO DIFFICULTY IN EXPLAINING A 244 CHAPTER I—SOLITUDE AND THE BARRACKS COMBINED 245 CHAPTER II—COSETTE’S APPREHENSIONS 246 CHAPTER III—ENRICHED WITH COMMENTARIES BY TOUSSAINT 247 CHAPTER IV—A HEART BENEATH A STONE 248 CHAPTER V—COSETTE AFTER THE LETTER 249 CHAPTER VI—OLD PEOPLE ARE MADE TO GO OUT OPPORTUNELY 250 CHAPTER I—THE MALICIOUS PLAYFULNESS OF THE WIND 251 CHAPTER II—IN WHICH LITTLE GAVROCHE EXTRACTS PROFIT FROM NAPOLEON THE 252 CHAPTER III—THE VICISSITUDES OF FLIGHT 253 CHAPTER I—ORIGIN 254 CHAPTER II—ROOTS 255 CHAPTER III—SLANG WHICH WEEPS AND SLANG WHICH LAUGHS 256 CHAPTER IV—THE TWO DUTIES: TO WATCH AND TO HOPE 257 CHAPTER I—FULL LIGHT 258 CHAPTER II—THE BEWILDERMENT OF PERFECT HAPPINESS 259 CHAPTER III—THE BEGINNING OF SHADOW 260 CHAPTER IV—A CAB RUNS IN ENGLISH AND BARKS IN SLANG 261 CHAPTER V—THINGS OF THE NIGHT 262 CHAPTER VI—MARIUS BECOMES PRACTICAL ONCE MORE TO THE EXTENT OF GIVING 263 CHAPTER VII—THE OLD HEART AND THE YOUNG HEART IN THE PRESENCE OF EACH 264 CHAPTER I—JEAN VALJEAN 265 CHAPTER II—MARIUS 266 CHAPTER III—M. MABEUF 267 CHAPTER I—THE SURFACE OF THE QUESTION 268 CHAPTER II—THE ROOT OF THE MATTER 269 CHAPTER III—A BURIAL; AN OCCASION TO BE BORN AGAIN 270 CHAPTER IV—THE EBULLITIONS OF FORMER DAYS 271 CHAPTER V—ORIGINALITY OF PARIS 272 CHAPTER I—SOME EXPLANATIONS WITH REGARD TO THE ORIGIN OF GAVROCHE’S 273 CHAPTER II—GAVROCHE ON THE MARCH 274 CHAPTER III—JUST INDIGNATION OF A HAIR-DRESSER 275 CHAPTER IV—THE CHILD IS AMAZED AT THE OLD MAN 276 CHAPTER V—THE OLD MAN 277 CHAPTER VI—RECRUITS 278 CHAPTER I—HISTORY OF CORINTHE FROM ITS FOUNDATION 279 CHAPTER II—PRELIMINARY GAYETIES 280 CHAPTER III—NIGHT BEGINS TO DESCEND UPON GRANTAIRE 281 CHAPTER IV—AN ATTEMPT TO CONSOLE THE WIDOW HUCHELOUP 282 CHAPTER V—PREPARATIONS 283 CHAPTER VI—WAITING 284 CHAPTER VII—THE MAN RECRUITED IN THE RUE DES BILLETTES 285 CHAPTER VIII—MANY INTERROGATION POINTS WITH REGARD TO A CERTAIN LE 286 CHAPTER I—FROM THE RUE PLUMET TO THE QUARTIER SAINT-DENIS 287 CHAPTER II—AN OWL’S VIEW OF PARIS 288 CHAPTER III—THE EXTREME EDGE 289 CHAPTER I—THE FLAG: ACT FIRST 290 CHAPTER II—THE FLAG: ACT SECOND 291 CHAPTER III—GAVROCHE WOULD HAVE DONE BETTER TO ACCEPT ENJOLRAS’ CARBINE 292 CHAPTER IV—THE BARREL OF POWDER 293 CHAPTER V—END OF THE VERSES OF JEAN PROUVAIRE 294 CHAPTER VI—THE AGONY OF DEATH AFTER THE AGONY OF LIFE 295 CHAPTER VII—GAVROCHE AS A PROFOUND CALCULATOR OF DISTANCES 296 CHAPTER I—A DRINKER IS A BABBLER 297 CHAPTER II—THE STREET URCHIN AN ENEMY OF LIGHT 298 CHAPTER III—WHILE COSETTE AND TOUSSAINT ARE ASLEEP 299 CHAPTER IV—GAVROCHE’S EXCESS OF ZEAL 300 CHAPTER I—THE CHARYBDIS OF THE FAUBOURG SAINT ANTOINE AND THE SCYLLA OF 301 CHAPTER II—WHAT IS TO BE DONE IN THE ABYSS IF ONE DOES NOT CONVERSE 302 CHAPTER III—LIGHT AND SHADOW 303 CHAPTER IV—MINUS FIVE, PLUS ONE 304 CHAPTER V—THE HORIZON WHICH ONE BEHOLDS FROM THE SUMMIT OF A BARRICADE 305 CHAPTER VI—MARIUS HAGGARD, JAVERT LACONIC 306 CHAPTER VII—THE SITUATION BECOMES AGGRAVATED 307 CHAPTER VIII—THE ARTILLERY-MEN COMPEL PEOPLE TO TAKE THEM SERIOUSLY 308 CHAPTER IX—EMPLOYMENT OF THE OLD TALENTS OF A POACHER AND THAT 309 CHAPTER X—DAWN 310 CHAPTER XI—THE SHOT WHICH MISSES NOTHING AND KILLS NO ONE 311 CHAPTER XII—DISORDER A PARTISAN OF ORDER 312 CHAPTER XIII—PASSING GLEAMS 313 CHAPTER XIV—WHEREIN WILL APPEAR THE NAME OF ENJOLRAS’ MISTRESS 314 CHAPTER XV—GAVROCHE OUTSIDE 315 CHAPTER XVI—HOW FROM A BROTHER ONE BECOMES A FATHER 316 CHAPTER XVII—MORTUUS PATER FILIUM MORITURUM EXPECTAT 317 CHAPTER XVIII—THE VULTURE BECOME PREY 318 CHAPTER XIX—JEAN VALJEAN TAKES HIS REVENGE 319 CHAPTER XX—THE DEAD ARE IN THE RIGHT AND THE LIVING ARE NOT IN THE 320 CHAPTER XXI—THE HEROES 321 CHAPTER XXII—FOOT TO FOOT 322 CHAPTER XXIII—ORESTES FASTING AND PYLADES DRUNK 323 CHAPTER XXIV—PRISONER 324 CHAPTER I—THE LAND IMPOVERISHED BY THE SEA 325 CHAPTER II—ANCIENT HISTORY OF THE SEWER 326 CHAPTER III—BRUNESEAU 327 CHAPTER IV 328 CHAPTER V—PRESENT PROGRESS 329 CHAPTER VI—FUTURE PROGRESS 330 CHAPTER I—THE SEWER AND ITS SURPRISES 331 CHAPTER II—EXPLANATION 332 CHAPTER III—THE “SPUN” MAN 333 CHAPTER IV—HE ALSO BEARS HIS CROSS 334 CHAPTER V—IN THE CASE OF SAND AS IN THAT OF WOMAN, THERE IS A FINENESS 335 CHAPTER VI—THE FONTIS 336 CHAPTER VII—ONE SOMETIMES RUNS AGROUND WHEN ONE FANCIES THAT ONE IS 337 CHAPTER VIII—THE TORN COAT-TAIL 338 CHAPTER IX—MARIUS PRODUCES ON SOME ONE WHO IS A JUDGE OF THE MATTER, 339 CHAPTER X—RETURN OF THE SON WHO WAS PRODIGAL OF HIS LIFE 340 CHAPTER XI—CONCUSSION IN THE ABSOLUTE 341 CHAPTER XII—THE GRANDFATHER 342 CHAPTER I 343 CHAPTER I—IN WHICH THE TREE WITH THE ZINC PLASTER APPEARS AGAIN 344 CHAPTER II—MARIUS, EMERGING FROM CIVIL WAR, MAKES READY FOR DOMESTIC 345 CHAPTER III—MARIUS ATTACKED 346 CHAPTER IV—MADEMOISELLE GILLENORMAND ENDS BY NO LONGER THINKING IT A 347 CHAPTER V—DEPOSIT YOUR MONEY IN A FOREST RATHER THAN WITH A NOTARY 348 CHAPTER VI—THE TWO OLD MEN DO EVERYTHING, EACH ONE AFTER HIS OWN 349 CHAPTER VII—THE EFFECTS OF DREAMS MINGLED WITH HAPPINESS 350 CHAPTER VIII—TWO MEN IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND 351 CHAPTER I—THE 16TH OF FEBRUARY, 1833 352 CHAPTER II—JEAN VALJEAN STILL WEARS HIS ARM IN A SLING 353 CHAPTER III—THE INSEPARABLE 354 CHAPTER IV—THE IMMORTAL LIVER 68 355 CHAPTER I—THE SEVENTH CIRCLE AND THE EIGHTH HEAVEN 356 CHAPTER II—THE OBSCURITIES WHICH A REVELATION CAN CONTAIN 357 CHAPTER I—THE LOWER CHAMBER 358 CHAPTER II—ANOTHER STEP BACKWARDS 359 CHAPTER III—THEY RECALL THE GARDEN OF THE RUE PLUMET 360 CHAPTER IV—ATTRACTION AND EXTINCTION 361 CHAPTER I—PITY FOR THE UNHAPPY, BUT INDULGENCE FOR THE HAPPY 362 CHAPTER II—LAST FLICKERINGS OF A LAMP WITHOUT OIL 363 CHAPTER III—A PEN IS HEAVY TO THE MAN WHO LIFTED THE FAUCHELEVENT’S 364 CHAPTER IV—A BOTTLE OF INK WHICH ONLY SUCCEEDED IN WHITENING 365 CHAPTER V—A NIGHT BEHIND WHICH THERE IS DAY 366 CHAPTER VI—THE GRASS COVERS AND THE RAIN EFFACES
目 录 Jean Valjean found himself in the presence of a fontis.
This sort of quagmire was common at that period in the subsoil of the
Champs-Élysées, difficult to handle in the hydraulic works and a bad
preservative of the subterranean constructions, on account of its
excessive fluidity. This fluidity exceeds even the inconsistency of the
sands of the Quartier Saint-Georges, which could only be conquered by a
stone construction on a concrete foundation, and the clayey strata,
infected with gas, of the Quartier des Martyrs, which are so liquid
that the only way in which a passage was effected under the gallery des
Martyrs was by means of a cast-iron pipe. When, in 1836, the old stone
sewer beneath the Faubourg Saint-Honoré, in which we now see Jean
Valjean, was demolished for the purpose of reconstructing it, the
quicksand, which forms the subsoil of the Champs-Élysées as far as the
Seine, presented such an obstacle, that the operation lasted nearly six
months, to the great clamor of the dwellers on the riverside,
particularly those who had hotels and carriages. The work was more than
unhealthy; it was dangerous. It is true that they had four months and a
half of rain, and three floods of the Seine.
The fontis which Jean Valjean had encountered was caused by the
downpour of the preceding day. The pavement, badly sustained by the
subjacent sand, had given way and had produced a stoppage of the water.
Infiltration had taken place, a slip had followed. The dislocated
bottom had sunk into the ooze. To what extent? Impossible to say. The
obscurity was more dense there than elsewhere. It was a pit of mire in
a cavern of night.
Jean Valjean felt the pavement vanishing beneath his feet. He entered
this slime. There was water on the surface, slime at the bottom. He
must pass it. To retrace his steps was impossible. Marius was dying,
and Jean Valjean exhausted. Besides, where was he to go? Jean Valjean
advanced. Moreover, the pit seemed, for the first few steps, not to be
very deep. But in proportion as he advanced, his feet plunged deeper.
Soon he had the slime up to his calves and water above his knees. He
walked on, raising Marius in his arms, as far above the water as he
could. The mire now reached to his knees, and the water to his waist.
He could no longer retreat. This mud, dense enough for one man, could
not, obviously, uphold two. Marius and Jean Valjean would have stood a
chance of extricating themselves singly. Jean Valjean continued to
advance, supporting the dying man, who was, perhaps, a corpse.
The water came up to his arm-pits; he felt that he was sinking; it was
only with difficulty that he could move in the depth of ooze which he
had now reached. The density, which was his support, was also an
obstacle. He still held Marius on high, and with an unheard-of
expenditure of force, he advanced still; but he was sinking. He had
only his head above the water now and his two arms holding up Marius.
In the old paintings of the deluge there is a mother holding her child
thus.
He sank still deeper, he turned his face to the rear, to escape the
water, and in order that he might be able to breathe; anyone who had
seen him in that gloom would have thought that what he beheld was a
mask floating on the shadows; he caught a faint glimpse above him of
the drooping head and livid face of Marius; he made a desperate effort
and launched his foot forward; his foot struck something solid; a point
of support. It was high time.
He straightened himself up, and rooted himself upon that point of
support with a sort of fury. This produced upon him the effect of the
first step in a staircase leading back to life.
The point of support, thus encountered in the mire at the supreme
moment, was the beginning of the other watershed of the pavement, which
had bent but had not given way, and which had curved under the water
like a plank and in a single piece. Well built pavements form a vault
and possess this sort of firmness. This fragment of the vaulting,
partly submerged, but solid, was a veritable inclined plane, and, once
on this plane, he was safe. Jean Valjean mounted this inclined plane
and reached the other side of the quagmire.
As he emerged from the water, he came in contact with a stone and fell
upon his knees. He reflected that this was but just, and he remained
there for some time, with his soul absorbed in words addressed to God.
He rose to his feet, shivering, chilled, foul-smelling, bowed beneath
the dying man whom he was dragging after him, all dripping with slime,
and his soul filled with a strange light.