Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
CHAPTER IX—JONDRETTE COMES NEAR WEEPING
The hovel was so dark, that people coming from without felt on entering
it the effect produced on entering a cellar. The two newcomers
advanced, therefore, with a certain hesitation, being hardly able to
distinguish the vague forms surrounding them, while they could be
clearly seen and scrutinized by the eyes of the inhabitants of the
garret, who were accustomed to this twilight.
M. Leblanc approached, with his sad but kindly look, and said to
Jondrette the father:—
“Monsieur, in this package you will find some new clothes and some
woollen stockings and blankets.”
“Our angelic benefactor overwhelms us,” said Jondrette, bowing to the
very earth.
Then, bending down to the ear of his eldest daughter, while the two
visitors were engaged in examining this lamentable interior, he added
in a low and rapid voice:—
“Hey? What did I say? Duds! No money! They are all alike! By the way,
how was the letter to that old blockhead signed?”
“Fabantou,” replied the girl.
“The dramatic artist, good!”
It was lucky for Jondrette, that this had occurred to him, for at the
very moment, M. Leblanc turned to him, and said to him with the air of
a person who is seeking to recall a name:—
“I see that you are greatly to be pitied, Monsieur—”
“Fabantou,” replied Jondrette quickly.
“Monsieur Fabantou, yes, that is it. I remember.”
“Dramatic artist, sir, and one who has had some success.”
Here Jondrette evidently judged the moment propitious for capturing the
“philanthropist.” He exclaimed with an accent which smacked at the same
time of the vainglory of the mountebank at fairs, and the humility of
the mendicant on the highway:—
“A pupil of Talma! Sir! I am a pupil of Talma! Fortune formerly smiled
on me—Alas! Now it is misfortune’s turn. You see, my benefactor, no
bread, no fire. My poor babes have no fire! My only chair has no seat!
A broken pane! And in such weather! My spouse in bed! Ill!”
“Poor woman!” said M. Leblanc.
“My child wounded!” added Jondrette.
The child, diverted by the arrival of the strangers, had fallen to
contemplating “the young lady,” and had ceased to sob.
“Cry! bawl!” said Jondrette to her in a low voice.
At the same time he pinched her sore hand. All this was done with the
talent of a juggler.
The little girl gave vent to loud shrieks.
The adorable young girl, whom Marius, in his heart, called “his
Ursule,” approached her hastily.
“Poor, dear child!” said she.
“You see, my beautiful young lady,” pursued Jondrette “her bleeding
wrist! It came through an accident while working at a machine to earn
six sous a day. It may be necessary to cut off her arm.”
“Really?” said the old gentleman, in alarm.
The little girl, taking this seriously, fell to sobbing more violently
than ever.
“Alas! yes, my benefactor!” replied the father.
For several minutes, Jondrette had been scrutinizing “the benefactor”
in a singular fashion. As he spoke, he seemed to be examining the other
attentively, as though seeking to summon up his recollections. All at
once, profiting by a moment when the newcomers were questioning the
child with interest as to her injured hand, he passed near his wife,
who lay in her bed with a stupid and dejected air, and said to her in a
rapid but very low tone:—
“Take a look at that man!”
Then, turning to M. Leblanc, and continuing his lamentations:—
“You see, sir! All the clothing that I have is my wife’s chemise! And
all torn at that! In the depths of winter! I can’t go out for lack of a
coat. If I had a coat of any sort, I would go and see Mademoiselle
Mars, who knows me and is very fond of me. Does she not still reside in
the Rue de la Tour-des-Dames? Do you know, sir? We played together in
the provinces. I shared her laurels. Célimène would come to my succor,
sir! Elmire would bestow alms on Bélisaire! But no, nothing! And not a
sou in the house! My wife ill, and not a sou! My daughter dangerously
injured, not a sou! My wife suffers from fits of suffocation. It comes
from her age, and besides, her nervous system is affected. She ought to
have assistance, and my daughter also! But the doctor! But the
apothecary! How am I to pay them? I would kneel to a penny, sir! Such
is the condition to which the arts are reduced. And do you know, my
charming young lady, and you, my generous protector, do you know, you
who breathe forth virtue and goodness, and who perfume that church
where my daughter sees you every day when she says her prayers?—For I
have brought up my children religiously, sir. I did not want them to
take to the theatre. Ah! the hussies! If I catch them tripping! I do
not jest, that I don’t! I read them lessons on honor, on morality, on
virtue! Ask them! They have got to walk straight. They are none of your
unhappy wretches who begin by having no family, and end by espousing
the public. One is Mamselle Nobody, and one becomes Madame Everybody.
Deuce take it! None of that in the Fabantou family! I mean to bring
them up virtuously, and they shall be honest, and nice, and believe in
God, by the sacred name! Well, sir, my worthy sir, do you know what is
going to happen to-morrow? To-morrow is the fourth day of February, the
fatal day, the last day of grace allowed me by my landlord; if by this
evening I have not paid my rent, to-morrow my oldest daughter, my
spouse with her fever, my child with her wound,—we shall all four be
turned out of here and thrown into the street, on the boulevard,
without shelter, in the rain, in the snow. There, sir. I owe for four
quarters—a whole year! that is to say, sixty francs.”
Jondrette lied. Four quarters would have amounted to only forty francs,
and he could not owe four, because six months had not elapsed since
Marius had paid for two.
M. Leblanc drew five francs from his pocket and threw them on the
table.
Jondrette found time to mutter in the ear of his eldest daughter:—
“The scoundrel! What does he think I can do with his five francs? That
won’t pay me for my chair and pane of glass! That’s what comes of
incurring expenses!”
In the meanwhile, M. Leblanc had removed the large brown great-coat
which he wore over his blue coat, and had thrown it over the back of
the chair.
“Monsieur Fabantou,” he said, “these five francs are all that I have
about me, but I shall now take my daughter home, and I will return this
evening,—it is this evening that you must pay, is it not?”
Jondrette’s face lighted up with a strange expression. He replied
vivaciously:—
“Yes, respected sir. At eight o’clock, I must be at my landlord’s.”
“I will be here at six, and I will fetch you the sixty francs.”
“My benefactor!” exclaimed Jondrette, overwhelmed. And he added, in a
low tone: “Take a good look at him, wife!”
M. Leblanc had taken the arm of the young girl, once more, and had
turned towards the door.
“Farewell until this evening, my friends!” said he.
“Six o’clock?” said Jondrette.
“Six o’clock precisely.”
At that moment, the overcoat lying on the chair caught the eye of the
elder Jondrette girl.
“You are forgetting your coat, sir,” said she.
Jondrette darted an annihilating look at his daughter, accompanied by a
formidable shrug of the shoulders.
M. Leblanc turned back and said, with a smile:—
“I have not forgotten it, I am leaving it.”
“O my protector!” said Jondrette, “my august benefactor, I melt into
tears! Permit me to accompany you to your carriage.”
“If you come out,” answered M. Leblanc, “put on this coat. It really is
very cold.”
Jondrette did not need to be told twice. He hastily donned the brown
great-coat. And all three went out, Jondrette preceding the two
strangers.
Chapters
- Chapter 1 Ch.1
- CHAPTER XIV—WHAT HE THOUGHT Ch.2
- CHAPTER XIII—LITTLE GERVAIS Ch.3
- CHAPTER IX—A MERRY END TO MIRTH Ch.4
- CHAPTER III—THE LARK Ch.5
- CHAPTER XIII—THE SOLUTION OF SOME QUESTIONS CONNECTED WITH THE Ch.6
- CHAPTER II—HOW JEAN MAY BECOME CHAMP Ch.7
- CHAPTER VII—THE TRAVELLER ON HIS ARRIVAL TAKES PRECAUTIONS FOR Ch.8
- CHAPTER XI—CHAMPMATHIEU MORE AND MORE ASTONISHED Ch.9
- CHAPTER V—A SUITABLE TOMB Ch.10
- CHAPTER XIX—THE BATTLE-FIELD AT NIGHT Ch.11
- CHAPTER II—IN WHICH THE READER WILL PERUSE TWO VERSES, WHICH ARE OF Ch.12
- CHAPTER III—THE ANKLE-CHAIN MUST HAVE UNDERGONE A CERTAIN PREPARATORY Ch.13
- CHAPTER VIII—THE UNPLEASANTNESS OF RECEIVING INTO ONE’S HOUSE A POOR Ch.14
- CHAPTER X—HE WHO SEEKS TO BETTER HIMSELF MAY RENDER HIS SITUATION Ch.15
- CHAPTER XI—NUMBER 9,430 REAPPEARS, AND COSETTE WINS IT IN THE LOTTERY Ch.16
- CHAPTER V—A FIVE-FRANC PIECE FALLS ON THE GROUND AND PRODUCES A TUMULT Ch.17
- CHAPTER X—WHICH EXPLAINS HOW JAVERT GOT ON THE SCENT Ch.18
- CHAPTER XI—END OF THE PETIT-PICPUS Ch.19
- CHAPTER VIII—FAITH, LAW Ch.20
- CHAPTER IV—IN WHICH JEAN VALJEAN HAS QUITE THE AIR OF HAVING READ Ch.21
- CHAPTER VII—IN WHICH WILL BE FOUND THE ORIGIN OF THE SAYING: DON’T Ch.22
- CHAPTER IX—CLOISTERED Ch.23
- CHAPTER VII—THE GAMIN SHOULD HAVE HIS PLACE IN THE CLASSIFICATIONS OF Ch.24
- CHAPTER VIII—IN WHICH THE READER WILL FIND A CHARMING SAYING OF THE Ch.25
- CHAPTER XIII—LITTLE GAVROCHE Ch.26
- CHAPTER VIII—TWO DO NOT MAKE A PAIR Ch.27
- CHAPTER V—THE UTILITY OF GOING TO MASS, IN ORDER TO BECOME A Ch.28
- CHAPTER VIII—MARBLE AGAINST GRANITE Ch.29
- CHAPTER VI—RES ANGUSTA Ch.30
- CHAPTER VI—THE SUBSTITUTE Ch.31
- CHAPTER IX—ECLIPSE Ch.32
- CHAPTER IV—COMPOSITION OF THE TROUPE Ch.33
- CHAPTER I—MARIUS, WHILE SEEKING A GIRL IN A BONNET, ENCOUNTERS A MAN Ch.34
- CHAPTER XIII—SOLUS CUM SOLO, IN LOCO REMOTO, NON COGITABUNTUR ORARE Ch.35
- CHAPTER XVI—IN WHICH WILL BE FOUND THE WORDS TO AN ENGLISH AIR WHICH Ch.36
- CHAPTER XXII—THE LITTLE ONE WHO WAS CRYING IN VOLUME TWO Ch.37
- CHAPTER VI—ENJOLRAS AND HIS LIEUTENANTS Ch.38
- CHAPTER IV—AN APPARITION TO MARIUS Ch.39
- CHAPTER VIII—THE CHAIN-GANG Ch.40
- CHAPTER II—MOTHER PLUTARQUE FINDS NO DIFFICULTY IN EXPLAINING A Ch.41
- CHAPTER VI—OLD PEOPLE ARE MADE TO GO OUT OPPORTUNELY Ch.42
- CHAPTER II—IN WHICH LITTLE GAVROCHE EXTRACTS PROFIT FROM NAPOLEON THE Ch.43
- CHAPTER III—THE VICISSITUDES OF FLIGHT Ch.44
- CHAPTER IV—THE TWO DUTIES: TO WATCH AND TO HOPE Ch.45
- CHAPTER VI—MARIUS BECOMES PRACTICAL ONCE MORE TO THE EXTENT OF GIVING Ch.46
- CHAPTER VII—THE OLD HEART AND THE YOUNG HEART IN THE PRESENCE OF EACH Ch.47
- CHAPTER III—M. MABEUF Ch.48
- CHAPTER V—ORIGINALITY OF PARIS Ch.49
- CHAPTER I—SOME EXPLANATIONS WITH REGARD TO THE ORIGIN OF GAVROCHE’S Ch.50
- CHAPTER VI—RECRUITS Ch.51
- CHAPTER VIII—MANY INTERROGATION POINTS WITH REGARD TO A CERTAIN LE Ch.52
- CHAPTER III—THE EXTREME EDGE Ch.53
- CHAPTER III—GAVROCHE WOULD HAVE DONE BETTER TO ACCEPT ENJOLRAS’ Ch.54
- CHAPTER VII—GAVROCHE AS A PROFOUND CALCULATOR OF DISTANCES Ch.55
- CHAPTER IV—GAVROCHE’S EXCESS OF ZEAL Ch.56
- CHAPTER IX—EMPLOYMENT OF THE OLD TALENTS OF A POACHER AND THAT Ch.57
- CHAPTER XX—THE DEAD ARE IN THE RIGHT AND THE LIVING ARE NOT IN THE Ch.58
- CHAPTER XXIV—PRISONER Ch.59
- CHAPTER VI—FUTURE PROGRESS Ch.60
- CHAPTER V—IN THE CASE OF SAND AS IN THAT OF WOMAN, THERE IS A FINENESS Ch.61
- CHAPTER VII—ONE SOMETIMES RUNS AGROUND WHEN ONE FANCIES THAT ONE IS Ch.62
- CHAPTER IX—MARIUS PRODUCES ON SOME ONE WHO IS A JUDGE OF THE MATTER, Ch.63
- CHAPTER XII—THE GRANDFATHER Ch.64
- CHAPTER I Ch.65
- CHAPTER II—MARIUS, EMERGING FROM CIVIL WAR, MAKES READY FOR DOMESTIC Ch.66
- CHAPTER IV—MADEMOISELLE GILLENORMAND ENDS BY NO LONGER THINKING IT A Ch.67
- CHAPTER VI—THE TWO OLD MEN DO EVERYTHING, EACH ONE AFTER HIS OWN Ch.68
- CHAPTER VIII—TWO MEN IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND Ch.69
- CHAPTER IV—THE IMMORTAL LIVER Ch.70
- CHAPTER II—THE OBSCURITIES WHICH A REVELATION CAN CONTAIN Ch.71
- CHAPTER IV—ATTRACTION AND EXTINCTION Ch.72
- CHAPTER III—A PEN IS HEAVY TO THE MAN WHO LIFTED THE FAUCHELEVENT’S Ch.73
- CHAPTER VI—THE GRASS COVERS AND THE RAIN EFFACES Ch.74
- CHAPTER I—M. MYRIEL Ch.75
- CHAPTER II—M. MYRIEL BECOMES M. WELCOME Ch.76
- 1712. This palace was a genuine seignorial residence. Everything about Ch.77
- CHAPTER III—A HARD BISHOPRIC FOR A GOOD BISHOP Ch.78
- CHAPTER IV—WORKS CORRESPONDING TO WORDS Ch.79
- CHAPTER V—MONSEIGNEUR BIENVENU MADE HIS CASSOCKS LAST TOO LONG Ch.80
- CHAPTER VI—WHO GUARDED HIS HOUSE FOR HIM Ch.81
- CHAPTER VII—CRAVATTE Ch.82
- CHAPTER VIII—PHILOSOPHY AFTER DRINKING Ch.83
- CHAPTER IX—THE BROTHER AS DEPICTED BY THE SISTER Ch.84
- CHAPTER X—THE BISHOP IN THE PRESENCE OF AN UNKNOWN LIGHT Ch.85
- CHAPTER XI—A RESTRICTION Ch.86
- CHAPTER XII—THE SOLITUDE OF MONSEIGNEUR WELCOME Ch.87
- CHAPTER XIII—WHAT HE BELIEVED Ch.88
- CHAPTER XIV—WHAT HE THOUGHT Ch.89
- CHAPTER I—THE EVENING OF A DAY OF WALKING Ch.90
- CHAPTER II—PRUDENCE COUNSELLED TO WISDOM. Ch.91
- CHAPTER III—THE HEROISM OF PASSIVE OBEDIENCE. Ch.92
- CHAPTER IV—DETAILS CONCERNING THE CHEESE-DAIRIES OF PONTARLIER. Ch.93
- CHAPTER V—TRANQUILLITY Ch.94
- CHAPTER VI—JEAN VALJEAN Ch.95
- CHAPTER VII—THE INTERIOR OF DESPAIR Ch.96
- CHAPTER VIII—BILLOWS AND SHADOWS Ch.97
- CHAPTER IX—NEW TROUBLES Ch.98
- CHAPTER X—THE MAN AROUSED Ch.99
- CHAPTER XI—WHAT HE DOES Ch.100
- CHAPTER XII—THE BISHOP WORKS Ch.101
- CHAPTER XIII—LITTLE GERVAIS Ch.102
- CHAPTER I—THE YEAR 1817 Ch.103
- CHAPTER II—A DOUBLE QUARTETTE Ch.104
- CHAPTER III—FOUR AND FOUR Ch.105
- CHAPTER IV—THOLOMYÈS IS SO MERRY THAT HE SINGS A SPANISH DITTY Ch.106
- CHAPTER V—AT BOMBARDA’S Ch.107
- CHAPTER VI—A CHAPTER IN WHICH THEY ADORE EACH OTHER Ch.108
- CHAPTER VII—THE WISDOM OF THOLOMYÈS Ch.109
- CHAPTER VIII—THE DEATH OF A HORSE Ch.110
- CHAPTER IX—A MERRY END TO MIRTH Ch.111
- CHAPTER I—ONE MOTHER MEETS ANOTHER MOTHER Ch.112
- CHAPTER II—FIRST SKETCH OF TWO UNPREPOSSESSING FIGURES Ch.113
- CHAPTER III—THE LARK Ch.114
- CHAPTER I—THE HISTORY OF A PROGRESS IN BLACK GLASS TRINKETS Ch.115
- CHAPTER II—MADELEINE Ch.116
- CHAPTER III—SUMS DEPOSITED WITH LAFFITTE Ch.117
- CHAPTER IV—M. MADELEINE IN MOURNING Ch.118
- CHAPTER V—VAGUE FLASHES ON THE HORIZON Ch.119
- CHAPTER VI—FATHER FAUCHELEVENT Ch.120
- CHAPTER VII—FAUCHELEVENT BECOMES A GARDENER IN PARIS Ch.121
- CHAPTER VIII—MADAME VICTURNIEN EXPENDS THIRTY FRANCS ON MORALITY Ch.122
- CHAPTER IX—MADAME VICTURNIEN’S SUCCESS Ch.123
- CHAPTER X—RESULT OF THE SUCCESS Ch.124
- CHAPTER XI—CHRISTUS NOS LIBERAVIT Ch.125
- CHAPTER XII—M. BAMATABOIS’S INACTIVITY Ch.126
- CHAPTER XIII—THE SOLUTION OF SOME QUESTIONS CONNECTED WITH THE Ch.127
- CHAPTER I—THE BEGINNING OF REPOSE Ch.128
- CHAPTER II—HOW JEAN MAY BECOME CHAMP Ch.129
- CHAPTER I—SISTER SIMPLICE Ch.130
- CHAPTER II—THE PERSPICACITY OF MASTER SCAUFFLAIRE Ch.131
- CHAPTER III—A TEMPEST IN A SKULL Ch.132
- CHAPTER IV—FORMS ASSUMED BY SUFFERING DURING SLEEP Ch.133
- CHAPTER V—HINDRANCES Ch.134
- CHAPTER VI—SISTER SIMPLICE PUT TO THE PROOF Ch.135
- CHAPTER VII—THE TRAVELLER ON HIS ARRIVAL TAKES PRECAUTIONS FOR Ch.136
- CHAPTER VIII—AN ENTRANCE BY FAVOR Ch.137
- CHAPTER IX—A PLACE WHERE CONVICTIONS ARE IN PROCESS OF FORMATION Ch.138
- CHAPTER X—THE SYSTEM OF DENIALS Ch.139
- CHAPTER XI—CHAMPMATHIEU MORE AND MORE ASTONISHED Ch.140
- CHAPTER I—IN WHAT MIRROR M. MADELEINE CONTEMPLATES HIS HAIR Ch.141
- CHAPTER II—FANTINE HAPPY Ch.142
- CHAPTER III—JAVERT SATISFIED Ch.143
- CHAPTER IV—AUTHORITY REASSERTS ITS RIGHTS Ch.144
- CHAPTER V—A SUITABLE TOMB Ch.145
- CHAPTER I—WHAT IS MET WITH ON THE WAY FROM NIVELLES Ch.146
- CHAPTER II—HOUGOMONT Ch.147
- CHAPTER III—THE EIGHTEENTH OF JUNE, 1815 Ch.148
- CHAPTER IV—A Ch.149
- CHAPTER V—THE QUID OBSCURUM OF BATTLES Ch.150
- CHAPTER VI—FOUR O’CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON Ch.151
- CHAPTER VII—NAPOLEON IN A GOOD HUMOR Ch.152
- CHAPTER VIII—THE EMPEROR PUTS A QUESTION TO THE GUIDE LACOSTE Ch.153
- CHAPTER IX—THE UNEXPECTED Ch.154
- CHAPTER X—THE PLATEAU OF MONT-SAINT-JEAN Ch.155
- CHAPTER XI—A BAD GUIDE TO NAPOLEON; A GOOD GUIDE TO BÜLOW Ch.156
- CHAPTER XII—THE GUARD Ch.157
- CHAPTER XIII—THE CATASTROPHE Ch.158
- CHAPTER XIV—THE LAST SQUARE Ch.159
- CHAPTER XV—CAMBRONNE Ch.160
- CHAPTER XVI—QUOT LIBRAS IN DUCE? Ch.161
- CHAPTER XVII—IS WATERLOO TO BE CONSIDERED GOOD? Ch.162
- CHAPTER XVIII—A RECRUDESCENCE OF DIVINE RIGHT Ch.163
- CHAPTER XIX—THE BATTLE-FIELD AT NIGHT Ch.164
- CHAPTER I—NUMBER 24,601 BECOMES NUMBER 9,430 Ch.165
- CHAPTER II—IN WHICH THE READER WILL PERUSE TWO VERSES, WHICH ARE OF THE Ch.166
- CHAPTER III—THE ANKLE-CHAIN MUST HAVE UNDERGONE A CERTAIN PREPARATORY Ch.167
- CHAPTER I—THE WATER QUESTION AT MONTFERMEIL Ch.168
- CHAPTER II—TWO COMPLETE PORTRAITS Ch.169
- CHAPTER III—MEN MUST HAVE WINE, AND HORSES MUST HAVE WATER Ch.170
- CHAPTER IV—ENTRANCE ON THE SCENE OF A DOLL Ch.171
- CHAPTER V—THE LITTLE ONE ALL ALONE Ch.172
- CHAPTER VI—WHICH POSSIBLY PROVES BOULATRUELLE’S INTELLIGENCE Ch.173
- CHAPTER VII—COSETTE SIDE BY SIDE WITH THE STRANGER IN THE DARK Ch.174
- CHAPTER VIII—THE UNPLEASANTNESS OF RECEIVING INTO ONE’S HOUSE A POOR Ch.175
- CHAPTER IX— THÉNARDIER AND HIS MANŒUVRES Ch.176
- CHAPTER X—HE WHO SEEKS TO BETTER HIMSELF MAY RENDER HIS SITUATION WORSE Ch.177
- CHAPTER XI—NUMBER 9,430 REAPPEARS, AND COSETTE WINS IT IN THE LOTTERY Ch.178
- CHAPTER I—MASTER GORBEAU Ch.179
- CHAPTER II—A NEST FOR OWL AND A WARBLER Ch.180
- CHAPTER III—TWO MISFORTUNES MAKE ONE PIECE OF GOOD FORTUNE Ch.181
- CHAPTER IV—THE REMARKS OF THE PRINCIPAL TENANT Ch.182
- CHAPTER V—A FIVE-FRANC PIECE FALLS ON THE GROUND AND PRODUCES A TUMULT Ch.183
- CHAPTER I—THE ZIGZAGS OF STRATEGY Ch.184
- CHAPTER II—IT IS LUCKY THAT THE PONT D’AUSTERLITZ BEARS CARRIAGES Ch.185
- CHAPTER III—TO WIT, THE PLAN OF PARIS IN 1727 Ch.186
- CHAPTER IV—THE GROPINGS OF FLIGHT Ch.187
- CHAPTER V—WHICH WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE WITH GAS LANTERNS Ch.188
- CHAPTER VI—THE BEGINNING OF AN ENIGMA Ch.189
- CHAPTER VII—CONTINUATION OF THE ENIGMA Ch.190
- CHAPTER VIII—THE ENIGMA BECOMES DOUBLY MYSTERIOUS Ch.191
- CHAPTER IX—THE MAN WITH THE BELL Ch.192
- CHAPTER X—WHICH EXPLAINS HOW JAVERT GOT ON THE SCENT Ch.193
- episode of the thousand-franc bill. She had seen it! She had handled Ch.194
- CHAPTER I—NUMBER 62 RUE PETIT-PICPUS Ch.195
- CHAPTER II—THE OBEDIENCE OF MARTIN VERGA Ch.196
- CHAPTER III—AUSTERITIES Ch.197
- CHAPTER IV—GAYETIES Ch.198
- CHAPTER V—DISTRACTIONS Ch.199
- CHAPTER VI—THE LITTLE CONVENT Ch.200
- CHAPTER VII—SOME SILHOUETTES OF THIS DARKNESS Ch.201
- CHAPTER VIII—POST CORDA LAPIDES Ch.202
- CHAPTER IX—A CENTURY UNDER A GUIMPE Ch.203
- CHAPTER X—ORIGIN OF THE PERPETUAL ADORATION Ch.204
- CHAPTER XI—END OF THE PETIT-PICPUS Ch.205
- CHAPTER I—THE CONVENT AS AN ABSTRACT IDEA Ch.206
- CHAPTER II—THE CONVENT AS AN HISTORICAL FACT Ch.207
- CHAPTER III—ON WHAT CONDITIONS ONE CAN RESPECT THE PAST Ch.208
- CHAPTER IV—THE CONVENT FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF PRINCIPLES Ch.209
- CHAPTER V—PRAYER Ch.210
- CHAPTER VI—THE ABSOLUTE GOODNESS OF PRAYER Ch.211
- CHAPTER VII—PRECAUTIONS TO BE OBSERVED IN BLAME Ch.212
- CHAPTER VIII—FAITH, LAW Ch.213
- CHAPTER I—WHICH TREATS OF THE MANNER OF ENTERING A CONVENT Ch.214
- CHAPTER II—FAUCHELEVENT IN THE PRESENCE OF A DIFFICULTY Ch.215
- CHAPTER III—MOTHER INNOCENTE Ch.216
- CHAPTER IV—IN WHICH JEAN VALJEAN HAS QUITE THE AIR OF HAVING READ Ch.217
- CHAPTER V—IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO BE DRUNK IN ORDER TO BE IMMORTAL Ch.218
- CHAPTER VI—BETWEEN FOUR PLANKS Ch.219
- CHAPTER VII—IN WHICH WILL BE FOUND THE ORIGIN OF THE SAYING: DON’T LOSE Ch.220
- CHAPTER VIII—A SUCCESSFUL INTERROGATORY Ch.221
- CHAPTER IX—CLOISTERED Ch.222
- CHAPTER I—PARVULUS Ch.223
- CHAPTER II—SOME OF HIS PARTICULAR CHARACTERISTICS Ch.224
- CHAPTER III—HE IS AGREEABLE Ch.225
- CHAPTER IV—HE MAY BE OF USE Ch.226
- CHAPTER V—HIS FRONTIERS Ch.227
- CHAPTER VI—A BIT OF HISTORY Ch.228
- CHAPTER VII—THE GAMIN SHOULD HAVE HIS PLACE IN THE CLASSIFICATIONS OF Ch.229
- CHAPTER VIII—IN WHICH THE READER WILL FIND A CHARMING SAYING OF THE Ch.230
- CHAPTER IX—THE OLD SOUL OF GAUL Ch.231
- CHAPTER X—ECCE PARIS, ECCE HOMO Ch.232
- CHAPTER XI—TO SCOFF, TO REIGN Ch.233
- CHAPTER XII—THE FUTURE LATENT IN THE PEOPLE Ch.234
- CHAPTER XIII—LITTLE GAVROCHE Ch.235
- CHAPTER I—NINETY YEARS AND THIRTY-TWO TEETH Ch.236
- CHAPTER II—LIKE MASTER, LIKE HOUSE Ch.237
- CHAPTER III—LUC-ESPRIT Ch.238
- CHAPTER IV—A CENTENARIAN ASPIRANT Ch.239
- CHAPTER V—BASQUE AND NICOLETTE Ch.240
- CHAPTER VI—IN WHICH MAGNON AND HER TWO CHILDREN ARE SEEN Ch.241
- CHAPTER VII—RULE: RECEIVE NO ONE EXCEPT IN THE EVENING Ch.242
- CHAPTER VIII—TWO DO NOT MAKE A PAIR Ch.243
- CHAPTER I—AN ANCIENT SALON Ch.244
- CHAPTER II—ONE OF THE RED SPECTRES OF THAT EPOCH Ch.245
- 1794. Pontmercy fought at Spire, at Worms, at Neustadt, at Turkheim, at Ch.246
- CHAPTER III—REQUIESCANT Ch.247
- introduction into history of M. le Marquis de Bonaparte, Ch.248
- CHAPTER IV—END OF THE BRIGAND Ch.249
- CHAPTER V—THE UTILITY OF GOING TO MASS, IN ORDER TO BECOME A Ch.250
- CHAPTER VI—THE CONSEQUENCES OF HAVING MET A WARDEN Ch.251
- CHAPTER VII—SOME PETTICOAT Ch.252
- CHAPTER VIII—MARBLE AGAINST GRANITE Ch.253
- CHAPTER I—A GROUP WHICH BARELY MISSED BECOMING HISTORIC Ch.254
- CHAPTER II—BLONDEAU’S FUNERAL ORATION BY BOSSUET Ch.255
- CHAPTER III—MARIUS’ ASTONISHMENTS Ch.256
- CHAPTER IV—THE BACK ROOM OF THE CAFÉ MUSAIN Ch.257
- CHAPTER V—ENLARGEMENT OF HORIZON Ch.258
- CHAPTER VI—RES ANGUSTA Ch.259
- CHAPTER I—MARIUS INDIGENT Ch.260
- CHAPTER II—MARIUS POOR Ch.261
- CHAPTER III—MARIUS GROWN UP Ch.262
- CHAPTER IV—M. MABEUF Ch.263
- CHAPTER V—POVERTY A GOOD NEIGHBOR FOR MISERY Ch.264
- CHAPTER VI—THE SUBSTITUTE Ch.265
- CHAPTER I—THE SOBRIQUET: MODE OF FORMATION OF FAMILY NAMES Ch.266
- CHAPTER II—LUX FACTA EST Ch.267
- CHAPTER III—EFFECT OF THE SPRING Ch.268
- CHAPTER IV—BEGINNING OF A GREAT MALADY Ch.269
- CHAPTER V—DIVERS CLAPS OF THUNDER FALL ON MA’AM BOUGON Ch.270
- CHAPTER VI—TAKEN PRISONER Ch.271
- CHAPTER VII—ADVENTURES OF THE LETTER U DELIVERED OVER TO CONJECTURES Ch.272
- CHAPTER VIII—THE VETERANS THEMSELVES CAN BE HAPPY Ch.273
- CHAPTER IX—ECLIPSE Ch.274
- CHAPTER I—MINES AND MINERS Ch.275
- CHAPTER II—THE LOWEST DEPTHS Ch.276
- CHAPTER III—BABET, GUEULEMER, CLAQUESOUS, AND MONTPARNASSE Ch.277
- CHAPTER IV—COMPOSITION OF THE TROUPE Ch.278
- CHAPTER I—MARIUS, WHILE SEEKING A GIRL IN A BONNET, ENCOUNTERS A MAN IN Ch.279
- CHAPTER II—TREASURE TROVE Ch.280
- CHAPTER III—QUADRIFRONS Ch.281
- CHAPTER IV—A ROSE IN MISERY Ch.282
- CHAPTER V—A PROVIDENTIAL PEEP-HOLE Ch.283
- CHAPTER VI—THE WILD MAN IN HIS LAIR Ch.284
- CHAPTER VII—STRATEGY AND TACTICS Ch.285
- CHAPTER VIII—THE RAY OF LIGHT IN THE HOVEL Ch.286
- CHAPTER IX—JONDRETTE COMES NEAR WEEPING Ch.287
- CHAPTER X—TARIFF OF LICENSED CABS: TWO FRANCS AN HOUR Ch.288
- CHAPTER XI—OFFERS OF SERVICE FROM MISERY TO WRETCHEDNESS Ch.289
- CHAPTER XII—THE USE MADE OF M. LEBLANC’S FIVE-FRANC PIECE Ch.290
- CHAPTER XIII—SOLUS CUM SOLO, IN LOCO REMOTO, NON COGITABUNTUR ORARE Ch.291
- CHAPTER XIV—IN WHICH A POLICE AGENT BESTOWS TWO FISTFULS ON A LAWYER Ch.292
- CHAPTER XV—JONDRETTE MAKES HIS PURCHASES Ch.293
- CHAPTER XVI—IN WHICH WILL BE FOUND THE WORDS TO AN ENGLISH AIR WHICH Ch.294
- CHAPTER XVII—THE USE MADE OF MARIUS’ FIVE-FRANC PIECE Ch.295
- CHAPTER XVIII—MARIUS’ TWO CHAIRS FORM A VIS-A-VIS Ch.296
- CHAPTER XIX—OCCUPYING ONE’S SELF WITH OBSCURE DEPTHS Ch.297
- CHAPTER XX—THE TRAP Ch.298
- CHAPTER XXI—ONE SHOULD ALWAYS BEGIN BY ARRESTING THE VICTIMS Ch.299
- CHAPTER XXII—THE LITTLE ONE WHO WAS CRYING IN VOLUME TWO Ch.300
- CHAPTER I—WELL CUT Ch.301
- CHAPTER II—BADLY SEWED Ch.302
- CHAPTER III—LOUIS PHILIPPE Ch.303
- CHAPTER IV—CRACKS BENEATH THE FOUNDATION Ch.304
- CHAPTER V—FACTS WHENCE HISTORY SPRINGS AND WHICH HISTORY IGNORES Ch.305
- CHAPTER VI—ENJOLRAS AND HIS LIEUTENANTS Ch.306
- CHAPTER I—THE LARK’S MEADOW Ch.307
- CHAPTER II—EMBRYONIC FORMATION OF CRIMES IN THE INCUBATION OF PRISONS Ch.308
- CHAPTER III—APPARITION TO FATHER MABEUF Ch.309
- CHAPTER IV—AN APPARITION TO MARIUS Ch.310
- CHAPTER I—THE HOUSE WITH A SECRET Ch.311
- CHAPTER II—JEAN VALJEAN AS A NATIONAL GUARD Ch.312
- 1831. The municipal information collected at that time had even reached Ch.313
- CHAPTER III—FOLIIS AC FRONDIBUS Ch.314
- CHAPTER IV—CHANGE OF GATE Ch.315
- CHAPTER V—THE ROSE PERCEIVES THAT IT IS AN ENGINE OF WAR Ch.316
- CHAPTER VI—THE BATTLE BEGUN Ch.317
- CHAPTER VII—TO ONE SADNESS OPPOSE A SADNESS AND A HALF Ch.318
- CHAPTER VIII—THE CHAIN-GANG Ch.319
- CHAPTER I—A WOUND WITHOUT, HEALING WITHIN Ch.320
- CHAPTER II—MOTHER PLUTARQUE FINDS NO DIFFICULTY IN EXPLAINING A Ch.321
- CHAPTER I—SOLITUDE AND THE BARRACKS COMBINED Ch.322
- CHAPTER II—COSETTE’S APPREHENSIONS Ch.323
- CHAPTER III—ENRICHED WITH COMMENTARIES BY TOUSSAINT Ch.324
- CHAPTER IV—A HEART BENEATH A STONE Ch.325
- CHAPTER V—COSETTE AFTER THE LETTER Ch.326
- CHAPTER VI—OLD PEOPLE ARE MADE TO GO OUT OPPORTUNELY Ch.327
- CHAPTER I—THE MALICIOUS PLAYFULNESS OF THE WIND Ch.328
- CHAPTER II—IN WHICH LITTLE GAVROCHE EXTRACTS PROFIT FROM NAPOLEON THE Ch.329
- CHAPTER III—THE VICISSITUDES OF FLIGHT Ch.330
- CHAPTER I—ORIGIN Ch.331
- CHAPTER II—ROOTS Ch.332
- CHAPTER III—SLANG WHICH WEEPS AND SLANG WHICH LAUGHS Ch.333
- CHAPTER IV—THE TWO DUTIES: TO WATCH AND TO HOPE Ch.334
- CHAPTER I—FULL LIGHT Ch.335
- CHAPTER II—THE BEWILDERMENT OF PERFECT HAPPINESS Ch.336
- CHAPTER III—THE BEGINNING OF SHADOW Ch.337
- CHAPTER IV—A CAB RUNS IN ENGLISH AND BARKS IN SLANG Ch.338
- CHAPTER V—THINGS OF THE NIGHT Ch.339
- CHAPTER VI—MARIUS BECOMES PRACTICAL ONCE MORE TO THE EXTENT OF GIVING Ch.340
- CHAPTER VII—THE OLD HEART AND THE YOUNG HEART IN THE PRESENCE OF EACH Ch.341
- CHAPTER I—JEAN VALJEAN Ch.342
- CHAPTER II—MARIUS Ch.343
- CHAPTER III—M. MABEUF Ch.344
- CHAPTER I—THE SURFACE OF THE QUESTION Ch.345
- CHAPTER II—THE ROOT OF THE MATTER Ch.346
- CHAPTER III—A BURIAL; AN OCCASION TO BE BORN AGAIN Ch.347
- CHAPTER IV—THE EBULLITIONS OF FORMER DAYS Ch.348
- CHAPTER V—ORIGINALITY OF PARIS Ch.349
- CHAPTER I—SOME EXPLANATIONS WITH REGARD TO THE ORIGIN OF GAVROCHE’S Ch.350
- CHAPTER II—GAVROCHE ON THE MARCH Ch.351
- CHAPTER III—JUST INDIGNATION OF A HAIR-DRESSER Ch.352
- CHAPTER IV—THE CHILD IS AMAZED AT THE OLD MAN Ch.353
- CHAPTER V—THE OLD MAN Ch.354
- CHAPTER VI—RECRUITS Ch.355
- CHAPTER I—HISTORY OF CORINTHE FROM ITS FOUNDATION Ch.356
- CHAPTER II—PRELIMINARY GAYETIES Ch.357
- CHAPTER III—NIGHT BEGINS TO DESCEND UPON GRANTAIRE Ch.358
- CHAPTER IV—AN ATTEMPT TO CONSOLE THE WIDOW HUCHELOUP Ch.359
- CHAPTER V—PREPARATIONS Ch.360
- CHAPTER VI—WAITING Ch.361
- CHAPTER VII—THE MAN RECRUITED IN THE RUE DES BILLETTES Ch.362
- CHAPTER VIII—MANY INTERROGATION POINTS WITH REGARD TO A CERTAIN LE Ch.363
- CHAPTER I—FROM THE RUE PLUMET TO THE QUARTIER SAINT-DENIS Ch.364
- CHAPTER II—AN OWL’S VIEW OF PARIS Ch.365
- CHAPTER III—THE EXTREME EDGE Ch.366
- CHAPTER I—THE FLAG: ACT FIRST Ch.367
- CHAPTER II—THE FLAG: ACT SECOND Ch.368
- CHAPTER III—GAVROCHE WOULD HAVE DONE BETTER TO ACCEPT ENJOLRAS’ CARBINE Ch.369
- CHAPTER IV—THE BARREL OF POWDER Ch.370
- CHAPTER V—END OF THE VERSES OF JEAN PROUVAIRE Ch.371
- CHAPTER VI—THE AGONY OF DEATH AFTER THE AGONY OF LIFE Ch.372
- CHAPTER VII—GAVROCHE AS A PROFOUND CALCULATOR OF DISTANCES Ch.373
- CHAPTER I—A DRINKER IS A BABBLER Ch.374
- CHAPTER II—THE STREET URCHIN AN ENEMY OF LIGHT Ch.375
- CHAPTER III—WHILE COSETTE AND TOUSSAINT ARE ASLEEP Ch.376
- CHAPTER IV—GAVROCHE’S EXCESS OF ZEAL Ch.377
- CHAPTER I—THE CHARYBDIS OF THE FAUBOURG SAINT ANTOINE AND THE SCYLLA OF Ch.378
- CHAPTER II—WHAT IS TO BE DONE IN THE ABYSS IF ONE DOES NOT CONVERSE Ch.379
- CHAPTER III—LIGHT AND SHADOW Ch.380
- CHAPTER IV—MINUS FIVE, PLUS ONE Ch.381
- CHAPTER V—THE HORIZON WHICH ONE BEHOLDS FROM THE SUMMIT OF A BARRICADE Ch.382
- CHAPTER VI—MARIUS HAGGARD, JAVERT LACONIC Ch.383
- CHAPTER VII—THE SITUATION BECOMES AGGRAVATED Ch.384
- CHAPTER VIII—THE ARTILLERY-MEN COMPEL PEOPLE TO TAKE THEM SERIOUSLY Ch.385
- CHAPTER IX—EMPLOYMENT OF THE OLD TALENTS OF A POACHER AND THAT Ch.386
- CHAPTER X—DAWN Ch.387
- CHAPTER XI—THE SHOT WHICH MISSES NOTHING AND KILLS NO ONE Ch.388
- CHAPTER XII—DISORDER A PARTISAN OF ORDER Ch.389
- 1832. Captain Fannicot, a bold and impatient bourgeois, a sort of Ch.390
- CHAPTER XIII—PASSING GLEAMS Ch.391
- CHAPTER XIV—WHEREIN WILL APPEAR THE NAME OF ENJOLRAS’ MISTRESS Ch.392
- CHAPTER XV—GAVROCHE OUTSIDE Ch.393
- CHAPTER XVI—HOW FROM A BROTHER ONE BECOMES A FATHER Ch.394
- CHAPTER XVII—MORTUUS PATER FILIUM MORITURUM EXPECTAT Ch.395
- CHAPTER XVIII—THE VULTURE BECOME PREY Ch.396
- CHAPTER XIX—JEAN VALJEAN TAKES HIS REVENGE Ch.397
- CHAPTER XX—THE DEAD ARE IN THE RIGHT AND THE LIVING ARE NOT IN THE Ch.398
- CHAPTER XXI—THE HEROES Ch.399
- CHAPTER XXII—FOOT TO FOOT Ch.400
- CHAPTER XXIII—ORESTES FASTING AND PYLADES DRUNK Ch.401
- CHAPTER XXIV—PRISONER Ch.402
- CHAPTER I—THE LAND IMPOVERISHED BY THE SEA Ch.403
- CHAPTER II—ANCIENT HISTORY OF THE SEWER Ch.404
- CHAPTER III—BRUNESEAU Ch.405
- CHAPTER IV Ch.406
- CHAPTER V—PRESENT PROGRESS Ch.407
- CHAPTER VI—FUTURE PROGRESS Ch.408
- 1806. All sorts of obstacles hindered this operation, some peculiar to Ch.409
- CHAPTER I—THE SEWER AND ITS SURPRISES Ch.410
- CHAPTER II—EXPLANATION Ch.411
- CHAPTER III—THE “SPUN” MAN Ch.412
- CHAPTER IV—HE ALSO BEARS HIS CROSS Ch.413
- CHAPTER V—IN THE CASE OF SAND AS IN THAT OF WOMAN, THERE IS A FINENESS Ch.414
- CHAPTER VI—THE FONTIS Ch.415
- CHAPTER VII—ONE SOMETIMES RUNS AGROUND WHEN ONE FANCIES THAT ONE IS Ch.416
- CHAPTER VIII—THE TORN COAT-TAIL Ch.417
- CHAPTER IX—MARIUS PRODUCES ON SOME ONE WHO IS A JUDGE OF THE MATTER, Ch.418
- CHAPTER X—RETURN OF THE SON WHO WAS PRODIGAL OF HIS LIFE Ch.419
- CHAPTER XI—CONCUSSION IN THE ABSOLUTE Ch.420
- CHAPTER XII—THE GRANDFATHER Ch.421
- CHAPTER I Ch.422
- CHAPTER I—IN WHICH THE TREE WITH THE ZINC PLASTER APPEARS AGAIN Ch.423
- CHAPTER II—MARIUS, EMERGING FROM CIVIL WAR, MAKES READY FOR DOMESTIC Ch.424
- CHAPTER III—MARIUS ATTACKED Ch.425
- 7. Ah! There we have it! Ah! so you want her! Well, you shall have her. Ch.426
- CHAPTER IV—MADEMOISELLE GILLENORMAND ENDS BY NO LONGER THINKING IT A Ch.427
- CHAPTER V—DEPOSIT YOUR MONEY IN A FOREST RATHER THAN WITH A NOTARY Ch.428
- CHAPTER VI—THE TWO OLD MEN DO EVERYTHING, EACH ONE AFTER HIS OWN Ch.429
- CHAPTER VII—THE EFFECTS OF DREAMS MINGLED WITH HAPPINESS Ch.430
- CHAPTER VIII—TWO MEN IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND Ch.431
- CHAPTER I—THE 16TH OF FEBRUARY, 1833 Ch.432
- CHAPTER II—JEAN VALJEAN STILL WEARS HIS ARM IN A SLING Ch.433
- CHAPTER III—THE INSEPARABLE Ch.434
- CHAPTER IV—THE IMMORTAL LIVER 68 Ch.435
- CHAPTER I—THE SEVENTH CIRCLE AND THE EIGHTH HEAVEN Ch.436
- CHAPTER II—THE OBSCURITIES WHICH A REVELATION CAN CONTAIN Ch.437
- CHAPTER I—THE LOWER CHAMBER Ch.438
- CHAPTER II—ANOTHER STEP BACKWARDS Ch.439
- CHAPTER III—THEY RECALL THE GARDEN OF THE RUE PLUMET Ch.440
- CHAPTER IV—ATTRACTION AND EXTINCTION Ch.441
- CHAPTER I—PITY FOR THE UNHAPPY, BUT INDULGENCE FOR THE HAPPY Ch.442
- CHAPTER II—LAST FLICKERINGS OF A LAMP WITHOUT OIL Ch.443
- CHAPTER III—A PEN IS HEAVY TO THE MAN WHO LIFTED THE FAUCHELEVENT’S Ch.444
- CHAPTER IV—A BOTTLE OF INK WHICH ONLY SUCCEEDED IN WHITENING Ch.445
- CHAPTER V—A NIGHT BEHIND WHICH THERE IS DAY Ch.446
- CHAPTER VI—THE GRASS COVERS AND THE RAIN EFFACES Ch.447