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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Created page with &amp;quot;Les Misérables,  Volume 3: Marius, Book Third: The Grandfather and the Grandson, Chapter 7: Some Petticoat&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt; (Tome 3: Marius, Livre troisième: Le grand-p&amp;amp;egr...&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;Les Mis&amp;amp;eacute;rables,  Volume 3: Marius, Book Third: The Grandfather and the Grandson, Chapter 7: Some Petticoat&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
(Tome 3: Marius, Livre troisi&amp;amp;egrave;me: Le grand-p&amp;amp;egrave;re et le petit-fils, Chapitre 7: Quelque cotillon)&lt;br /&gt;
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==General notes on this chapter==&lt;br /&gt;
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==French text==&lt;br /&gt;
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C'&amp;amp;eacute;tait un arri&amp;amp;egrave;re-petit-neveu que M. Gillenormand avait du c&amp;amp;ocirc;t&amp;amp;eacute;&lt;br /&gt;
paternel, et qui menait, en dehors de la famille et loin de tous les&lt;br /&gt;
foyers domestiques, la vie de garnison. Le lieutenant Th&amp;amp;eacute;odule&lt;br /&gt;
Gillenormand remplissait toutes les conditions voulues pour &amp;amp;ecirc;tre ce&lt;br /&gt;
qu'on appelle un joli officier. Il avait &amp;amp;laquo;une taille de demoiselle&amp;amp;raquo;, une&lt;br /&gt;
fa&amp;amp;ccedil;on de tra&amp;amp;icirc;ner le sabre victorieuse, et la moustache en croc. Il&lt;br /&gt;
venait fort rarement &amp;amp;agrave; Paris, si rarement que Marius ne l'avait jamais&lt;br /&gt;
vu. Les deux cousins ne se connaissaient que de nom. Th&amp;amp;eacute;odule &amp;amp;eacute;tait,&lt;br /&gt;
nous croyons l'avoir dit, le favori de la tante Gillenormand, qui le&lt;br /&gt;
pr&amp;amp;eacute;f&amp;amp;eacute;rait parce qu'elle ne le voyait pas. Ne pas voir les gens, cela&lt;br /&gt;
permet de leur supposer toutes les perfections.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Un matin, Mlle Gillenormand ain&amp;amp;eacute;e &amp;amp;eacute;tait rentr&amp;amp;eacute;e chez elle aussi &amp;amp;eacute;mue que&lt;br /&gt;
sa placidit&amp;amp;eacute; pouvait l'&amp;amp;ecirc;tre. Marius venait encore de demander &amp;amp;agrave; son&lt;br /&gt;
grand-p&amp;amp;egrave;re la permission de faire un petit voyage, ajoutant qu'il&lt;br /&gt;
comptait partir le soir m&amp;amp;ecirc;me.&amp;amp;mdash;Va! avait r&amp;amp;eacute;pondu le grand-p&amp;amp;egrave;re, et M.&lt;br /&gt;
Gillenormand avait ajout&amp;amp;eacute; &amp;amp;agrave; part en poussant ses deux sourcils vers le&lt;br /&gt;
haut de son front: Il d&amp;amp;eacute;couche avec r&amp;amp;eacute;cidive. Mlle Gillenormand &amp;amp;eacute;tait&lt;br /&gt;
remont&amp;amp;eacute;e dans sa chambre tr&amp;amp;egrave;s intrigu&amp;amp;eacute;e, et avait jet&amp;amp;eacute; dans l'escalier&lt;br /&gt;
ce point d'exclamation: C'est fort! et ce point d'interrogation: Mais o&amp;amp;ugrave;&lt;br /&gt;
donc est-ce qu'il va? Elle entrevoyait quelque aventure de c&amp;amp;oelig;ur plus ou&lt;br /&gt;
moins illicite, une femme dans la p&amp;amp;eacute;nombre, un rendez-vous, un myst&amp;amp;egrave;re,&lt;br /&gt;
et elle n'e&amp;amp;ucirc;t pas &amp;amp;eacute;t&amp;amp;eacute; f&amp;amp;acirc;ch&amp;amp;eacute;e d'y fourrer ses lunettes. La d&amp;amp;eacute;gustation&lt;br /&gt;
d'un myst&amp;amp;egrave;re, cela ressemble &amp;amp;agrave; la primeur d'un esclandre; les saintes&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;acirc;mes ne d&amp;amp;eacute;testent point cela. Il y a dans les compartiments secrets de&lt;br /&gt;
la bigoterie quelque curiosit&amp;amp;eacute; pour le scandale.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Elle &amp;amp;eacute;tait donc en proie au vague app&amp;amp;eacute;tit de savoir une histoire.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Pour se distraire de cette curiosit&amp;amp;eacute; qui l'agitait un peu au del&amp;amp;agrave; de ses&lt;br /&gt;
habitudes, elle s'&amp;amp;eacute;tait r&amp;amp;eacute;fugi&amp;amp;eacute;e dans ses talents, et elle s'&amp;amp;eacute;tait mise&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;agrave; festonner avec du coton sur du coton une de ces broderies de l'Empire&lt;br /&gt;
et de la Restauration o&amp;amp;ugrave; il y a beaucoup de roues de cabriolet. Ouvrage&lt;br /&gt;
maussade, ouvri&amp;amp;egrave;re rev&amp;amp;ecirc;che. Elle &amp;amp;eacute;tait depuis plusieurs heures sur sa&lt;br /&gt;
chaise quand la porte s'ouvrit. Mlle Gillenormand leva le nez; le&lt;br /&gt;
lieutenant Th&amp;amp;eacute;odule &amp;amp;eacute;tait devant elle, et lui faisait le salut&lt;br /&gt;
d'ordonnance. Elle poussa un cri de bonheur. On est vieille, on est&lt;br /&gt;
prude, on est d&amp;amp;eacute;vote, on est la tante; mais c'est toujours agr&amp;amp;eacute;able de&lt;br /&gt;
voir entrer dans sa chambre un lancier.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Toi ici, Th&amp;amp;eacute;odule! s'&amp;amp;eacute;cria-t-elle.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;En passant, ma tante.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;amp;mdash;Mais embrasse-moi donc.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Voil&amp;amp;agrave;! dit Th&amp;amp;eacute;odule.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Et il l'embrassa. La tante Gillenormand alla &amp;amp;agrave; son secr&amp;amp;eacute;taire, et&lt;br /&gt;
l'ouvrit.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Tu nous restes au moins toute la semaine?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Ma tante, je repars ce soir.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Pas possible!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Math&amp;amp;eacute;matiquement!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Reste, mon petit Th&amp;amp;eacute;odule, je t'en prie.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Le c&amp;amp;oelig;ur dit oui, mais la consigne dit non. L'histoire est simple. On&lt;br /&gt;
nous change de garnison; nous &amp;amp;eacute;tions &amp;amp;agrave; Melun, on nous met &amp;amp;agrave; Gaillon.&lt;br /&gt;
Pour aller de l'ancienne garnison &amp;amp;agrave; la nouvelle, il faut passer par&lt;br /&gt;
Paris. J'ai dit: je vais aller voir ma tante.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;amp;mdash;Et voici pour ta peine.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Elle lui mit dix louis dans la main.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;amp;mdash;Vous voulez dire pour mon plaisir, ch&amp;amp;egrave;re tante.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Th&amp;amp;eacute;odule l'embrassa une seconde fois, et elle eut la joie d'avoir le cou&lt;br /&gt;
un peu &amp;amp;eacute;corch&amp;amp;eacute; par les soutaches de l'uniforme.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Est-ce que tu fais le voyage &amp;amp;agrave; cheval avec ton r&amp;amp;eacute;giment? lui&lt;br /&gt;
demanda-t-elle.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Non, ma tante. J'ai tenu &amp;amp;agrave; vous voir. J'ai une permission sp&amp;amp;eacute;ciale.&lt;br /&gt;
Mon Grosseur m&amp;amp;egrave;ne mon cheval; je vais par la diligence. Et &amp;amp;agrave; ce propos,&lt;br /&gt;
il faut que je vous demande une chose.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Quoi?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Mon cousin Marius Pontmercy voyage donc aussi, lui?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Comment sais-tu cela? fit la tante, subitement chatouill&amp;amp;eacute;e au vif de&lt;br /&gt;
la curiosit&amp;amp;eacute;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;En arrivant, je suis all&amp;amp;eacute; &amp;amp;agrave; la diligence retenir une place dans le&lt;br /&gt;
coup&amp;amp;eacute;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Eh bien?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Un voyageur &amp;amp;eacute;tait d&amp;amp;eacute;j&amp;amp;agrave; venu retenir une place sur l'imp&amp;amp;eacute;riale. J'ai vu&lt;br /&gt;
sur la feuille son nom.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Quel nom?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Marius Pontmercy.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Le mauvais sujet! s'&amp;amp;eacute;cria la tante. Ah! ton cousin n'est pas un gar&amp;amp;ccedil;on&lt;br /&gt;
rang&amp;amp;eacute; comme toi. Dire qu'il va passer la nuit en diligence!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Comme moi.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Mais toi, c'est par devoir; lui, c'est par d&amp;amp;eacute;sordre.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Bigre! fit Th&amp;amp;eacute;odule.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Ici, il arriva un &amp;amp;eacute;v&amp;amp;eacute;nement &amp;amp;agrave; Mlle Gillenormand a&amp;amp;icirc;n&amp;amp;eacute;e; elle eut une&lt;br /&gt;
id&amp;amp;eacute;e. Si elle e&amp;amp;ucirc;t &amp;amp;eacute;t&amp;amp;eacute; homme, elle se f&amp;amp;ucirc;t frapp&amp;amp;eacute;e le front. Elle&lt;br /&gt;
apostropha Th&amp;amp;eacute;odule:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Sais-tu que ton cousin ne te conna&amp;amp;icirc;t pas?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Non. Je l'ai vu, moi; mais il n'a jamais daign&amp;amp;eacute; me remarquer.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Vous allez donc voyager ensemble comme cela?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Lui sur l'imp&amp;amp;eacute;riale, moi dans le coup&amp;amp;eacute;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;O&amp;amp;ugrave; va cette diligence?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Aux Andelys.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;C'est donc l&amp;amp;agrave; que va Marius?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;&amp;amp;Agrave; moins que, comme moi, il ne s'arr&amp;amp;ecirc;te en route. Moi, je descends &amp;amp;agrave;&lt;br /&gt;
Vernon pour prendre la correspondance de Gaillon. Je ne sais rien de&lt;br /&gt;
l'itin&amp;amp;eacute;raire de Marius.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Marius! quel vilain nom! Quelle id&amp;amp;eacute;e a-t-on eue de l'appeler Marius!&lt;br /&gt;
Tandis que toi, au moins, tu t'appelles Th&amp;amp;eacute;odule!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;J'aimerais mieux m'appeler Alfred, dit l'officier.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;&amp;amp;Eacute;coute, Th&amp;amp;eacute;odule.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;J'&amp;amp;eacute;coute, ma tante.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Fais attention.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Je fais attention.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Y es-tu?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Oui.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Eh bien, Marius fait des absences.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Eh! eh!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Il voyage.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Ah! ah!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Il d&amp;amp;eacute;couche.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;amp;mdash;Oh! oh!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Nous voudrions savoir ce qu'il y a l&amp;amp;agrave;-dessous.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Th&amp;amp;eacute;odule r&amp;amp;eacute;pondit avec le calme d'un homme bronz&amp;amp;eacute;:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Quelque cotillon.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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Et avec ce rire entre cuir et chair qui d&amp;amp;eacute;c&amp;amp;egrave;le la certitude, il ajouta:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Une fillette.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;C'est &amp;amp;eacute;vident, s'&amp;amp;eacute;cria la tante qui crut entendre parler M.&lt;br /&gt;
Gillenormand, et qui sentit sa conviction sortir irr&amp;amp;eacute;sistiblement de ce&lt;br /&gt;
mot ''fillette'', accentu&amp;amp;eacute; presque de la m&amp;amp;ecirc;me fa&amp;amp;ccedil;on par le grand-oncle et&lt;br /&gt;
par le petit-neveu. Elle reprit:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Fais-nous un plaisir. Suis un peu Marius. Il ne te conna&amp;amp;icirc;t pas, cela&lt;br /&gt;
te sera facile. Puisque fillette il y a, t&amp;amp;acirc;che de voir la fillette. Tu&lt;br /&gt;
nous &amp;amp;eacute;criras l'historiette. Cela amusera le grand-p&amp;amp;egrave;re.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Th&amp;amp;eacute;odule n'avait point un go&amp;amp;ucirc;t excessif pour ce genre de guet; mais il&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;eacute;tait fort touch&amp;amp;eacute; des dix louis, et il croyait leur voir une suite&lt;br /&gt;
possible. Il accepta la commission et dit:&amp;amp;mdash;Comme il vous plaira, ma&lt;br /&gt;
tante. Et il ajouta &amp;amp;agrave; part lui:&amp;amp;mdash;Me voil&amp;amp;agrave; du&amp;amp;egrave;gne.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Mlle Gillenormand l'embrassa.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Ce n'est pas toi, Th&amp;amp;eacute;odule, qui ferais de ces frasques-l&amp;amp;agrave;. Tu ob&amp;amp;eacute;is &amp;amp;agrave;&lt;br /&gt;
la discipline, tu es l'esclave de la consigne, tu es un homme de&lt;br /&gt;
scrupule et de devoir, et tu ne quitterais pas ta famille pour aller&lt;br /&gt;
voir une cr&amp;amp;eacute;ature.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Le lancier fit la grimace satisfaite de Cartouche lou&amp;amp;eacute; pour sa probit&amp;amp;eacute;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Marius, le soir qui suivit ce dialogue, monta en diligence sans se&lt;br /&gt;
douter qu'il e&amp;amp;ucirc;t un surveillant. Quant au surveillant, la premi&amp;amp;egrave;re chose&lt;br /&gt;
qu'il fit, ce fut de s'endormir. Le sommeil fut complet et&lt;br /&gt;
consciencieux. Argus ronfla toute la nuit.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Au point du jour, le conducteur de la diligence cria:&amp;amp;mdash;Vernon! relais de&lt;br /&gt;
Vernon! les voyageurs pour Vernon!&amp;amp;mdash;Et le lieutenant Th&amp;amp;eacute;odule se&lt;br /&gt;
r&amp;amp;eacute;veilla.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Bon, grommela-t-il, &amp;amp;agrave; demi endormi encore, c'est ici que je descends.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Puis, sa m&amp;amp;eacute;moire se nettoyant par degr&amp;amp;eacute;s, effet du r&amp;amp;eacute;veil, il songea &amp;amp;agrave;&lt;br /&gt;
sa tante, aux dix louis, et au compte qu'il s'&amp;amp;eacute;tait charg&amp;amp;eacute; de rendre des&lt;br /&gt;
faits et gestes de Marius. Cela le fit rire.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Il n'est peut-&amp;amp;ecirc;tre plus dans la voiture, pensa-t-il, tout en&lt;br /&gt;
reboutonnant sa veste de petit uniforme. Il a pu s'arr&amp;amp;ecirc;ter &amp;amp;agrave; Poissy; il&lt;br /&gt;
a pu s'arr&amp;amp;ecirc;ter &amp;amp;agrave; Triel; s'il n'est pas descendu &amp;amp;agrave; Meulan, il a pu&lt;br /&gt;
descendre &amp;amp;agrave; Mantes, &amp;amp;agrave; moins qu'il ne soit descendu &amp;amp;agrave; Rolleboise, ou&lt;br /&gt;
qu'il n'ait pouss&amp;amp;eacute; jusqu'&amp;amp;agrave; Pacy, avec le choix de tourner &amp;amp;agrave; gauche sur&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;Eacute;vreux ou &amp;amp;agrave; droite sur Laroche-Guyon. Cours apr&amp;amp;egrave;s, ma tante. Que diable&lt;br /&gt;
vais-je lui &amp;amp;eacute;crire, &amp;amp;agrave; la bonne vieille?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
En ce moment un pantalon noir qui descendait de l'imp&amp;amp;eacute;riale apparut &amp;amp;agrave; la&lt;br /&gt;
vitre du coup&amp;amp;eacute;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Serait-ce Marius? dit le lieutenant.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
C'&amp;amp;eacute;tait Marius.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Une petite paysanne, au bas de la voiture, m&amp;amp;ecirc;l&amp;amp;eacute;e aux chevaux et aux&lt;br /&gt;
postillons, offrait des fleurs aux voyageurs.&amp;amp;mdash;Fleurissez vos dames,&lt;br /&gt;
criait-elle.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Marius s'approcha d'elle et lui acheta les plus belles fleurs de son&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;eacute;ventaire.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Pour le coup, dit Th&amp;amp;eacute;odule sautant &amp;amp;agrave; bas du coup&amp;amp;eacute;, voil&amp;amp;agrave; qui me pique.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;Agrave; qui diantre va-t-il porter ces fleurs-l&amp;amp;agrave;? Il faut une fi&amp;amp;egrave;rement jolie&lt;br /&gt;
femme pour un si beau bouquet. Je veux la voir.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Et, non plus par mandat maintenant, mais par curiosit&amp;amp;eacute; personnelle,&lt;br /&gt;
comme ces chiens qui chassent pour leur compte, il se mit &amp;amp;agrave; suivre&lt;br /&gt;
Marius.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Marius ne faisait nulle attention &amp;amp;agrave; Th&amp;amp;eacute;odule. Des femmes &amp;amp;eacute;l&amp;amp;eacute;gantes&lt;br /&gt;
descendaient de la diligence; il ne les regarda pas. Il semblait ne rien&lt;br /&gt;
voir autour de lui.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Est-il amoureux! pensa Th&amp;amp;eacute;odule.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Marius se dirigea vers l'&amp;amp;eacute;glise.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;&amp;amp;Agrave; merveille, se dit Th&amp;amp;eacute;odule. L'&amp;amp;eacute;glise! c'est cela. Les rendez-vous&lt;br /&gt;
assaisonn&amp;amp;eacute;s d'un peu de messe sont les meilleurs. Rien n'est exquis&lt;br /&gt;
comme une &amp;amp;oelig;illade qui passe par-dessus le bon Dieu.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Parvenu &amp;amp;agrave; l'&amp;amp;eacute;glise, Marius n'y entra point, et tourna derri&amp;amp;egrave;re le&lt;br /&gt;
chevet. Il disparut &amp;amp;agrave; l'angle d'un des contreforts de l'abside.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Le rendez-vous est dehors, dit Th&amp;amp;eacute;odule. Voyons la fillette.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Et il s'avan&amp;amp;ccedil;a sur la pointe de ses bottes vers l'angle o&amp;amp;ugrave; Marius avait&lt;br /&gt;
tourn&amp;amp;eacute;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Arriv&amp;amp;eacute; l&amp;amp;agrave;, il s'arr&amp;amp;ecirc;ta stup&amp;amp;eacute;fait.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Marius, le front dans ses deux mains, &amp;amp;eacute;tait agenouill&amp;amp;eacute; dans l'herbe sur&lt;br /&gt;
une fosse. Il y avait effeuill&amp;amp;eacute; son bouquet. &amp;amp;Agrave; l'extr&amp;amp;eacute;mit&amp;amp;eacute; de la fosse,&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;agrave; un renflement qui marquait la t&amp;amp;ecirc;te, il y avait une croix de bois noir&lt;br /&gt;
avec ce nom en lettres blanches: ''Colonel Baron Pontmercy''. On entendait&lt;br /&gt;
Marius sangloter.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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La fillette &amp;amp;eacute;tait une tombe.&lt;br /&gt;
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==English text==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
We have mentioned a lancer.&lt;br /&gt;
     &lt;br /&gt;
He was a great-grand-nephew of M. Gillenormand, on the paternal side, who&lt;br /&gt;
led a garrison life, outside the family and far from the domestic hearth.&lt;br /&gt;
Lieutenant Theodule Gillenormand fulfilled all the conditions required to&lt;br /&gt;
make what is called a fine officer. He had &amp;quot;a lady's waist,&amp;quot; a victorious&lt;br /&gt;
manner of trailing his sword and of twirling his mustache in a hook. He&lt;br /&gt;
visited Paris very rarely, and so rarely that Marius had never seen him.&lt;br /&gt;
The cousins knew each other only by name. We think we have said that&lt;br /&gt;
Theodule was the favorite of Aunt Gillenormand, who preferred him because&lt;br /&gt;
she did not see him. Not seeing people permits one to attribute to them&lt;br /&gt;
all possible perfections.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
One morning, Mademoiselle Gillenormand the elder returned to her apartment&lt;br /&gt;
as much disturbed as her placidity was capable of allowing. Marius had&lt;br /&gt;
just asked his grandfather's permission to take a little trip, adding that&lt;br /&gt;
he meant to set out that very evening. &amp;quot;Go!&amp;quot; had been his grandfather's&lt;br /&gt;
reply, and M. Gillenormand had added in an aside, as he raised his&lt;br /&gt;
eyebrows to the top of his forehead: &amp;quot;Here he is passing the night out&lt;br /&gt;
again.&amp;quot; Mademoiselle Gillenormand had ascended to her chamber greatly&lt;br /&gt;
puzzled, and on the staircase had dropped this exclamation: &amp;quot;This is too&lt;br /&gt;
much!&amp;quot;&amp;amp;mdash;and this interrogation: &amp;quot;But where is it that he goes?&amp;quot; She&lt;br /&gt;
espied some adventure of the heart, more or less illicit, a woman in the&lt;br /&gt;
shadow, a rendezvous, a mystery, and she would not have been sorry to&lt;br /&gt;
thrust her spectacles into the affair. Tasting a mystery resembles getting&lt;br /&gt;
the first flavor of a scandal; sainted souls do not detest this. There is&lt;br /&gt;
some curiosity about scandal in the secret compartments of bigotry.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
So she was the prey of a vague appetite for learning a history.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
In order to get rid of this curiosity which agitated her a little beyond&lt;br /&gt;
her wont, she took refuge in her talents, and set about scalloping, with&lt;br /&gt;
one layer of cotton after another, one of those embroideries of the Empire&lt;br /&gt;
and the Restoration, in which there are numerous cart-wheels. The work was&lt;br /&gt;
clumsy, the worker cross. She had been seated at this for several hours&lt;br /&gt;
when the door opened. Mademoiselle Gillenormand raised her nose.&lt;br /&gt;
Lieutenant Theodule stood before her, making the regulation salute. She&lt;br /&gt;
uttered a cry of delight. One may be old, one may be a prude, one may be&lt;br /&gt;
pious, one may be an aunt, but it is always agreeable to see a lancer&lt;br /&gt;
enter one's chamber.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;You here, Theodule!&amp;quot; she exclaimed.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;On my way through town, aunt.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Embrace me.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;Here goes!&amp;quot; said Theodule.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
And he kissed her. Aunt Gillenormand went to her writing-desk and opened&lt;br /&gt;
it.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;You will remain with us a week at least?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;I leave this very evening, aunt.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;It is not possible!&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Mathematically!&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Remain, my little Theodule, I beseech you.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;My heart says 'yes,' but my orders say 'no.' The matter is simple. They&lt;br /&gt;
are changing our garrison; we have been at Melun, we are being transferred&lt;br /&gt;
to Gaillon. It is necessary to pass through Paris in order to get from the&lt;br /&gt;
old post to the new one. I said: 'I am going to see my aunt.'&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Here is something for your trouble.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
And she put ten louis into his hand.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;For my pleasure, you mean to say, my dear aunt.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Theodule kissed her again, and she experienced the joy of having some of&lt;br /&gt;
the skin scratched from her neck by the braidings on his uniform.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Are you making the journey on horseback, with your regiment?&amp;quot; she asked&lt;br /&gt;
him.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;No, aunt. I wanted to see you. I have special permission. My servant is&lt;br /&gt;
taking my horse; I am travelling by diligence. And, by the way, I want to&lt;br /&gt;
ask you something.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;What is it?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Is my cousin Marius Pontmercy travelling so, too?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;How do you know that?&amp;quot; said his aunt, suddenly pricked to the quick with&lt;br /&gt;
a lively curiosity.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;On my arrival, I went to the diligence to engage my seat in the coupe.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Well?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;A traveller had already come to engage a seat in the imperial. I saw his&lt;br /&gt;
name on the card.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;What name?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Marius Pontmercy.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;The wicked fellow!&amp;quot; exclaimed his aunt. &amp;quot;Ah! your cousin is not a steady&lt;br /&gt;
lad like yourself. To think that he is to pass the night in a diligence!&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Just as I am going to do.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;But you&amp;amp;mdash;it is your duty; in his case, it is wildness.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Bosh!&amp;quot; said Theodule.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Here an event occurred to Mademoiselle Gillenormand the elder,&amp;amp;mdash;an&lt;br /&gt;
idea struck her. If she had been a man, she would have slapped her brow.&lt;br /&gt;
She apostrophized Theodule:&amp;amp;mdash;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Are you aware whether your cousin knows you?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;No. I have seen him; but he has never deigned to notice me.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;So you are going to travel together?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;He in the imperial, I in the coupe.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Where does this diligence run?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;To Andelys.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Then that is where Marius is going?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Unless, like myself, he should stop on the way. I get down at Vernon, in&lt;br /&gt;
order to take the branch coach for Gaillon. I know nothing of Marius' plan&lt;br /&gt;
of travel.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Marius! what an ugly name! what possessed them to name him Marius? While&lt;br /&gt;
you, at least, are called Theodule.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;I would rather be called Alfred,&amp;quot; said the officer.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Listen, Theodule.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;I am listening, aunt.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Pay attention.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;I am paying attention.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;You understand?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Yes.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Well, Marius absents himself!&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Eh! eh!&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;He travels.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Ah! ah!&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;He spends the night out.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Oh! oh!&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;We should like to know what there is behind all this.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Theodule replied with the composure of a man of bronze:&amp;amp;mdash;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Some petticoat or other.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
And with that inward laugh which denotes certainty, he added:&amp;amp;mdash;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;A lass.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;That is evident,&amp;quot; exclaimed his aunt, who thought she heard M.&lt;br /&gt;
Gillenormand speaking, and who felt her conviction become irresistible at&lt;br /&gt;
that word fillette, accentuated in almost the very same fashion by the&lt;br /&gt;
granduncle and the grandnephew. She resumed:&amp;amp;mdash;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Do us a favor. Follow Marius a little. He does not know you, it will be&lt;br /&gt;
easy. Since a lass there is, try to get a sight of her. You must write us&lt;br /&gt;
the tale. It will amuse his grandfather.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Theodule had no excessive taste for this sort of spying; but he was much&lt;br /&gt;
touched by the ten louis, and he thought he saw a chance for a possible&lt;br /&gt;
sequel. He accepted the commission and said: &amp;quot;As you please, aunt.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
And he added in an aside, to himself: &amp;quot;Here I am a duenna.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Mademoiselle Gillenormand embraced him.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;You are not the man to play such pranks, Theodule. You obey discipline,&lt;br /&gt;
you are the slave of orders, you are a man of scruples and duty, and you&lt;br /&gt;
would not quit your family to go and see a creature.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
The lancer made the pleased grimace of Cartouche when praised for his&lt;br /&gt;
probity.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Marius, on the evening following this dialogue, mounted the diligence&lt;br /&gt;
without suspecting that he was watched. As for the watcher, the first&lt;br /&gt;
thing he did was to fall asleep. His slumber was complete and&lt;br /&gt;
conscientious. Argus snored all night long.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
At daybreak, the conductor of the diligence shouted: &amp;quot;Vernon! relay of&lt;br /&gt;
Vernon! Travellers for Vernon!&amp;quot; And Lieutenant Theodule woke.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Good,&amp;quot; he growled, still half asleep, &amp;quot;this is where I get out.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Then, as his memory cleared by degrees, the effect of waking, he recalled&lt;br /&gt;
his aunt, the ten louis, and the account which he had undertaken to render&lt;br /&gt;
of the deeds and proceedings of Marius. This set him to laughing.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Perhaps he is no longer in the coach,&amp;quot; he thought, as he rebuttoned the&lt;br /&gt;
waistcoat of his undress uniform. &amp;quot;He may have stopped at Poissy; he may&lt;br /&gt;
have stopped at Triel; if he did not get out at Meulan, he may have got&lt;br /&gt;
out at Mantes, unless he got out at Rolleboise, or if he did not go on as&lt;br /&gt;
far as Pacy, with the choice of turning to the left at Evreus, or to the&lt;br /&gt;
right at Laroche-Guyon. Run after him, aunty. What the devil am I to write&lt;br /&gt;
to that good old soul?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
At that moment a pair of black trousers descending from the imperial, made&lt;br /&gt;
its appearance at the window of the coupe.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Can that be Marius?&amp;quot; said the lieutenant.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
It was Marius.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
A little peasant girl, all entangled with the horses and the postilions at&lt;br /&gt;
the end of the vehicle, was offering flowers to the travellers. &amp;quot;Give your&lt;br /&gt;
ladies flowers!&amp;quot; she cried.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Marius approached her and purchased the finest flowers in her flat basket.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Come now,&amp;quot; said Theodule, leaping down from the coupe, &amp;quot;this piques my&lt;br /&gt;
curiosity. Who the deuce is he going to carry those flowers to? She must&lt;br /&gt;
be a splendidly handsome woman for so fine a bouquet. I want to see her.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
And no longer in pursuance of orders, but from personal curiosity, like&lt;br /&gt;
dogs who hunt on their own account, he set out to follow Marius.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Marius paid no attention to Theodule. Elegant women descended from the&lt;br /&gt;
diligence; he did not glance at them. He seemed to see nothing around him.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;He is pretty deeply in love!&amp;quot; thought Theodule.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Marius directed his steps towards the church.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Capital,&amp;quot; said Theodule to himself. &amp;quot;Rendezvous seasoned with a bit of&lt;br /&gt;
mass are the best sort. Nothing is so exquisite as an ogle which passes&lt;br /&gt;
over the good God's head.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
On arriving at the church, Marius did not enter it, but skirted the apse.&lt;br /&gt;
He disappeared behind one of the angles of the apse.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;The rendezvous is appointed outside,&amp;quot; said Theodule. &amp;quot;Let's have a look&lt;br /&gt;
at the lass.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
And he advanced on the tips of his boots towards the corner which Marius&lt;br /&gt;
had turned.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
On arriving there, he halted in amazement.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Marius, with his forehead clasped in his hands, was kneeling upon the&lt;br /&gt;
grass on a grave. He had strewn his bouquet there. At the extremity of the&lt;br /&gt;
grave, on a little swelling which marked the head, there stood a cross of&lt;br /&gt;
black wood with this name in white letters: COLONEL BARON PONTMERCY.&lt;br /&gt;
Marius' sobs were audible.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
The &amp;quot;lass&amp;quot; was a grave.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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==Translation notes==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Textual notes==&lt;br /&gt;
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==Citations==&lt;br /&gt;
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