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		<title>Historymaker: Created page with &quot;Les Mis&amp;eacute;rables, Volume 3: Marius, Book Sixth: The Conjunction of Two Stars, Chapter 6: Taken Prisoner&lt;br /&gt; (Tome 3: Marius, Livre sixi&amp;egrave;me: La conjonction de deu...&quot;</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Created page with &amp;quot;Les Misérables, Volume 3: Marius, Book Sixth: The Conjunction of Two Stars, Chapter 6: Taken Prisoner&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt; (Tome 3: Marius, Livre sixième: La conjonction de deu...&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 Sixth: The Conjunction of Two Stars, Chapter 6: Taken Prisoner&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
(Tome 3: Marius, Livre sixi&amp;amp;egrave;me: La conjonction de deux &amp;amp;eacute;toiles, Chapitre 6: Fait prisonnier)&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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Un des derniers jours de la seconde semaine, Marius &amp;amp;eacute;tait comme &amp;amp;agrave; son&lt;br /&gt;
ordinaire assis sur son banc, tenant &amp;amp;agrave; la main un livre ouvert dont&lt;br /&gt;
depuis deux heures il n'avait pas tourn&amp;amp;eacute; une page. Tout &amp;amp;agrave; coup il&lt;br /&gt;
tressaillit. Un &amp;amp;eacute;v&amp;amp;eacute;nement se passait &amp;amp;agrave; l'extr&amp;amp;eacute;mit&amp;amp;eacute; de l'all&amp;amp;eacute;e. M.&lt;br /&gt;
Leblanc et sa fille venaient de quitter leur banc, la fille avait pris&lt;br /&gt;
le bras du p&amp;amp;egrave;re, et tous deux se dirigeaient lentement vers le milieu de&lt;br /&gt;
l'all&amp;amp;eacute;e o&amp;amp;ugrave; &amp;amp;eacute;tait Marius. Marius ferma son livre, puis il le rouvrit,&lt;br /&gt;
puis il s'effor&amp;amp;ccedil;a de lire. Il tremblait. L'aur&amp;amp;eacute;ole venait droit &amp;amp;agrave;&lt;br /&gt;
lui.&amp;amp;mdash;Ah! Mon dieu! pensait-il, je n'aurai jamais le temps de prendre&lt;br /&gt;
une attitude.&amp;amp;mdash;Cependant, l'homme &amp;amp;agrave; cheveux blancs et la jeune fille&lt;br /&gt;
s'avan&amp;amp;ccedil;aient. Il lui paraissait que cela durait un si&amp;amp;egrave;cle et que cela&lt;br /&gt;
n'&amp;amp;eacute;tait qu'une seconde.&amp;amp;mdash;Qu'est-ce qu'ils viennent faire par ici? se&lt;br /&gt;
demandait-il. Comment! elle va passer l&amp;amp;agrave;! Ses pieds vont marcher sur ce&lt;br /&gt;
sable, dans cette all&amp;amp;eacute;e, &amp;amp;agrave; deux pas de moi!&amp;amp;mdash;Il &amp;amp;eacute;tait boulevers&amp;amp;eacute;, il e&amp;amp;ucirc;t&lt;br /&gt;
voulu &amp;amp;ecirc;tre tr&amp;amp;egrave;s beau, il e&amp;amp;ucirc;t voulu avoir la croix! Il entendait&lt;br /&gt;
s'approcher le bruit doux et mesur&amp;amp;eacute; de leurs pas. Il s'imaginait que M.&lt;br /&gt;
Leblanc lui jetait des regards irrit&amp;amp;eacute;s. Est-ce que ce monsieur va me&lt;br /&gt;
parler? pensait-il. Il baissa la t&amp;amp;ecirc;te; quand il la releva, ils &amp;amp;eacute;taient&lt;br /&gt;
tout pr&amp;amp;egrave;s de lui. La jeune fille passa, et en passant elle le regarda.&lt;br /&gt;
Elle le regarda fixement, avec une douceur pensive qui fit frissonner&lt;br /&gt;
Marius de la t&amp;amp;ecirc;te aux pieds. Il lui sembla qu'elle lui reprochait&lt;br /&gt;
d'avoir &amp;amp;eacute;t&amp;amp;eacute; si longtemps sans venir jusqu'&amp;amp;agrave; elle et qu'elle lui disait:&lt;br /&gt;
C'est moi qui viens. Marius resta &amp;amp;eacute;bloui devant ces prunelles pleines de&lt;br /&gt;
rayons et d'ab&amp;amp;icirc;mes.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Il se sentait un brasier dans le cerveau. Elle &amp;amp;eacute;tait venue &amp;amp;agrave; lui, quelle&lt;br /&gt;
joie! Et puis, comme elle l'avait regard&amp;amp;eacute;! Elle lui parut plus belle&lt;br /&gt;
qu'il ne l'avait encore vue. Belle d'une beaut&amp;amp;eacute; tout ensemble f&amp;amp;eacute;minine&lt;br /&gt;
et ang&amp;amp;eacute;lique, d'une beaut&amp;amp;eacute; compl&amp;amp;egrave;te qui e&amp;amp;ucirc;t fait chanter P&amp;amp;eacute;trarque et&lt;br /&gt;
agenouiller Dante. Il lui semblait qu'il nageait en plein ciel bleu. En&lt;br /&gt;
m&amp;amp;ecirc;me temps il &amp;amp;eacute;tait horriblement contrari&amp;amp;eacute;, parce qu'il avait de la&lt;br /&gt;
poussi&amp;amp;egrave;re sur ses bottes.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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Il croyait &amp;amp;ecirc;tre s&amp;amp;ucirc;r qu'elle avait regard&amp;amp;eacute; aussi ses bottes.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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Il la suivit des yeux jusqu'&amp;amp;agrave; ce qu'elle e&amp;amp;ucirc;t disparu. Puis il se mit &amp;amp;agrave;&lt;br /&gt;
marcher dans le Luxembourg comme un fou. Il est probable que par moments&lt;br /&gt;
il riait tout seul et parlait haut. Il &amp;amp;eacute;tait si r&amp;amp;ecirc;veur pr&amp;amp;egrave;s des bonnes&lt;br /&gt;
d'enfants que chacune le croyait amoureux d'elle.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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Il sortit du Luxembourg, esp&amp;amp;eacute;rant la retrouver dans une rue.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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Il se croisa avec Courfeyrac sous les arcades de l'Od&amp;amp;eacute;on et lui dit:&lt;br /&gt;
Viens d&amp;amp;icirc;ner avec moi. Ils s'en all&amp;amp;egrave;rent chez Rousseau, et d&amp;amp;eacute;pens&amp;amp;egrave;rent&lt;br /&gt;
six francs. Marius mangea comme un ogre. Il donna six sous au gar&amp;amp;ccedil;on. Au&lt;br /&gt;
dessert il dit &amp;amp;agrave; Courfeyrac: As-tu lu le journal? Quel beau discours a&lt;br /&gt;
fait Audry de Puyraveau!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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Il &amp;amp;eacute;tait &amp;amp;eacute;perdument amoureux.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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Apr&amp;amp;egrave;s le d&amp;amp;icirc;ner, il dit &amp;amp;agrave; Courfeyrac: Je te paye le spectacle. Ils&lt;br /&gt;
all&amp;amp;egrave;rent &amp;amp;agrave; la Porte-Saint-Martin voir Fr&amp;amp;eacute;d&amp;amp;eacute;rick dans ''l'Auberge des&lt;br /&gt;
Adrets''. Marius s'amusa &amp;amp;eacute;norm&amp;amp;eacute;ment.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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En m&amp;amp;ecirc;me temps il eut un redoublement de sauvagerie. En sortant du&lt;br /&gt;
th&amp;amp;eacute;&amp;amp;acirc;tre, il refusa de regarder la jarreti&amp;amp;egrave;re d'une modiste qui enjambait&lt;br /&gt;
un ruisseau, et Courfeyrac ayant dit: ''Je mettrais volontiers cette&lt;br /&gt;
femme dans ma collection'', lui fit presque horreur.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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Courfeyrac l'avait invit&amp;amp;eacute; &amp;amp;agrave; d&amp;amp;eacute;jeuner au caf&amp;amp;eacute; Voltaire le lendemain.&lt;br /&gt;
Marius y alla, et mangea encore plus que la veille. Il &amp;amp;eacute;tait tout pensif&lt;br /&gt;
et tr&amp;amp;egrave;s gai. On e&amp;amp;ucirc;t dit qu'il saisissait toutes les occasions de rire&lt;br /&gt;
aux &amp;amp;eacute;clats. Il embrassa tendrement un provincial quelconque qu'on lui&lt;br /&gt;
pr&amp;amp;eacute;senta. Un cercle d'&amp;amp;eacute;tudiants s'&amp;amp;eacute;tait fait autour de la table et l'on&lt;br /&gt;
avait parl&amp;amp;eacute; des niaiseries pay&amp;amp;eacute;es par l'&amp;amp;eacute;tat qui se d&amp;amp;eacute;bitent en chaire &amp;amp;agrave;&lt;br /&gt;
la Sorbonne, puis la conversation &amp;amp;eacute;tait tomb&amp;amp;eacute;e sur les fautes et les&lt;br /&gt;
lacunes des dictionnaires et des prosodies-Quicherat. Marius interrompit&lt;br /&gt;
la discussion pour s'&amp;amp;eacute;crier:&amp;amp;mdash;C'est cependant bien agr&amp;amp;eacute;able d'avoir la&lt;br /&gt;
croix!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Voil&amp;amp;agrave; qui est dr&amp;amp;ocirc;le! dit Courfeyrac bas &amp;amp;agrave; Jean Prouvaire.&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;amp;mdash;Non, r&amp;amp;eacute;pondit Jean Prouvaire, voil&amp;amp;agrave; qui est s&amp;amp;eacute;rieux.&lt;br /&gt;
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Cela &amp;amp;eacute;tait s&amp;amp;eacute;rieux en effet. Marius en &amp;amp;eacute;tait &amp;amp;agrave; cette premi&amp;amp;egrave;re heure&lt;br /&gt;
violente et charmante qui commence les grandes passions.&lt;br /&gt;
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Un regard avait fait tout cela.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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Quand la mine est charg&amp;amp;eacute;e, quand l'incendie est pr&amp;amp;ecirc;t, rien n'est plus&lt;br /&gt;
simple. Un regard est une &amp;amp;eacute;tincelle.&lt;br /&gt;
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C'en &amp;amp;eacute;tait fait. Marius aimait une femme. Sa destin&amp;amp;eacute;e entrait dans&lt;br /&gt;
l'inconnu.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Le regard des femmes ressemble &amp;amp;agrave; de certains rouages tranquilles en&lt;br /&gt;
apparence et formidables. On passe &amp;amp;agrave; c&amp;amp;ocirc;t&amp;amp;eacute; tous les jours paisiblement et&lt;br /&gt;
impun&amp;amp;eacute;ment et sans se douter de rien. Il vient un moment o&amp;amp;ugrave; l'on oublie&lt;br /&gt;
m&amp;amp;ecirc;me que cette chose est l&amp;amp;agrave;. On va, on vient, on r&amp;amp;ecirc;ve, on parle, on rit.&lt;br /&gt;
Tout &amp;amp;agrave; coup on se sent saisi. C'est fini. Le rouage vous tient, le&lt;br /&gt;
regard vous a pris. Il vous a pris, n'importe par o&amp;amp;ugrave; ni comment, par une&lt;br /&gt;
partie quelconque de votre pens&amp;amp;eacute;e qui tra&amp;amp;icirc;nait, par une distraction que&lt;br /&gt;
vous avez eue. Vous &amp;amp;ecirc;tes perdu. Vous y passerez tout entier. Un&lt;br /&gt;
encha&amp;amp;icirc;nement de forces myst&amp;amp;eacute;rieuses s'empare de vous. Vous vous d&amp;amp;eacute;battez&lt;br /&gt;
en vain. Plus de secours humain possible. Vous allez tomber d'engrenage&lt;br /&gt;
en engrenage, d'angoisse en angoisse, de torture en torture, vous, votre&lt;br /&gt;
esprit, votre fortune, votre avenir, votre &amp;amp;acirc;me; et, selon que vous serez&lt;br /&gt;
au pouvoir d'une cr&amp;amp;eacute;ature m&amp;amp;eacute;chante ou d'un noble c&amp;amp;oelig;ur, vous ne sortirez&lt;br /&gt;
de cette effrayante machine que d&amp;amp;eacute;figur&amp;amp;eacute; par la honte ou transfigur&amp;amp;eacute; par&lt;br /&gt;
la passion.&lt;br /&gt;
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==English text==&lt;br /&gt;
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On one of the last days of the second week, Marius was seated on his&lt;br /&gt;
bench, as usual, holding in his hand an open book, of which he had not&lt;br /&gt;
turned a page for the last two hours. All at once he started. An event was&lt;br /&gt;
taking place at the other extremity of the walk. Leblanc and his daughter&lt;br /&gt;
had just left their seat, and the daughter had taken her father's arm, and&lt;br /&gt;
both were advancing slowly, towards the middle of the alley where Marius&lt;br /&gt;
was. Marius closed his book, then opened it again, then forced himself to&lt;br /&gt;
read; he trembled; the aureole was coming straight towards him. &amp;quot;Ah! good&lt;br /&gt;
Heavens!&amp;quot; thought he, &amp;quot;I shall not have time to strike an attitude.&amp;quot; Still&lt;br /&gt;
the white-haired man and the girl advanced. It seemed to him that this&lt;br /&gt;
lasted for a century, and that it was but a second. &amp;quot;What are they coming&lt;br /&gt;
in this direction for?&amp;quot; he asked himself. &amp;quot;What! She will pass here? Her&lt;br /&gt;
feet will tread this sand, this walk, two paces from me?&amp;quot; He was utterly&lt;br /&gt;
upset, he would have liked to be very handsome, he would have liked to own&lt;br /&gt;
the cross. He heard the soft and measured sound of their approaching&lt;br /&gt;
footsteps. He imagined that M. Leblanc was darting angry glances at him.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Is that gentleman going to address me?&amp;quot; he thought to himself. He dropped&lt;br /&gt;
his head; when he raised it again, they were very near him. The young girl&lt;br /&gt;
passed, and as she passed, she glanced at him. She gazed steadily at him,&lt;br /&gt;
with a pensive sweetness which thrilled Marius from head to foot. It&lt;br /&gt;
seemed to him that she was reproaching him for having allowed so long a&lt;br /&gt;
time to elapse without coming as far as her, and that she was saying to&lt;br /&gt;
him: &amp;quot;I am coming myself.&amp;quot; Marius was dazzled by those eyes fraught with&lt;br /&gt;
rays and abysses.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
He felt his brain on fire. She had come to him, what joy! And then, how&lt;br /&gt;
she had looked at him! She appeared to him more beautiful than he had ever&lt;br /&gt;
seen her yet. Beautiful with a beauty which was wholly feminine and&lt;br /&gt;
angelic, with a complete beauty which would have made Petrarch sing and&lt;br /&gt;
Dante kneel. It seemed to him that he was floating free in the azure&lt;br /&gt;
heavens. At the same time, he was horribly vexed because there was dust on&lt;br /&gt;
his boots.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
He thought he felt sure that she had looked at his boots too.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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He followed her with his eyes until she disappeared. Then he started up&lt;br /&gt;
and walked about the Luxembourg garden like a madman. It is possible that,&lt;br /&gt;
at times, he laughed to himself and talked aloud. He was so dreamy when he&lt;br /&gt;
came near the children's nurses, that each one of them thought him in love&lt;br /&gt;
with her.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
He quitted the Luxembourg, hoping to find her again in the street.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
He encountered Courfeyrac under the arcades of the Odeon, and said to him:&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Come and dine with me.&amp;quot; They went off to Rousseau's and spent six francs.&lt;br /&gt;
Marius ate like an ogre. He gave the waiter six sous. At dessert, he said&lt;br /&gt;
to Courfeyrac. &amp;quot;Have you read the paper? What a fine discourse Audry de&lt;br /&gt;
Puyraveau delivered!&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
He was desperately in love.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
After dinner, he said to Courfeyrac: &amp;quot;I will treat you to the play.&amp;quot; They&lt;br /&gt;
went to the Porte-Sainte-Martin to see Frederick in l'Auberge des Adrets.&lt;br /&gt;
Marius was enormously amused.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
At the same time, he had a redoubled attack of shyness. On emerging from&lt;br /&gt;
the theatre, he refused to look at the garter of a modiste who was&lt;br /&gt;
stepping across a gutter, and Courfeyrac, who said: &amp;quot;I should like to put&lt;br /&gt;
that woman in my collection,&amp;quot; almost horrified him.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Courfeyrac invited him to breakfast at the Cafe Voltaire on the following&lt;br /&gt;
morning. Marius went thither, and ate even more than on the preceding&lt;br /&gt;
evening. He was very thoughtful and very merry. One would have said that&lt;br /&gt;
he was taking advantage of every occasion to laugh uproariously. He&lt;br /&gt;
tenderly embraced some man or other from the provinces, who was presented&lt;br /&gt;
to him. A circle of students formed round the table, and they spoke of the&lt;br /&gt;
nonsense paid for by the State which was uttered from the rostrum in the&lt;br /&gt;
Sorbonne, then the conversation fell upon the faults and omissions in&lt;br /&gt;
Guicherat's dictionaries and grammars. Marius interrupted the discussion&lt;br /&gt;
to exclaim: &amp;quot;But it is very agreeable, all the same to have the cross!&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;That's queer!&amp;quot; whispèred Courfeyrac to Jean Prouvaire.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;No,&amp;quot; responded Prouvaire, &amp;quot;that's serious.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
It was serious; in fact, Marius had reached that first violent and&lt;br /&gt;
charming hour with which grand passions begin.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
A glance had wrought all this.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
When the mine is charged, when the conflagration is ready, nothing is more&lt;br /&gt;
simple. A glance is a spark.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
It was all over with him. Marius loved a woman. His fate was entering the&lt;br /&gt;
unknown.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
The glance of women resembles certain combinations of wheels, which are&lt;br /&gt;
tranquil in appearance yet formidable. You pass close to them every day,&lt;br /&gt;
peaceably and with impunity, and without a suspicion of anything. A moment&lt;br /&gt;
arrives when you forget that the thing is there. You go and come, dream,&lt;br /&gt;
speak, laugh. All at once you feel yourself clutched; all is over. The&lt;br /&gt;
wheels hold you fast, the glance has ensnared you. It has caught you, no&lt;br /&gt;
matter where or how, by some portion of your thought which was fluttering&lt;br /&gt;
loose, by some distraction which had attacked you. You are lost. The whole&lt;br /&gt;
of you passes into it. A chain of mysterious forces takes possession of&lt;br /&gt;
you. You struggle in vain; no more human succor is possible. You go on&lt;br /&gt;
falling from gearing to gearing, from agony to agony, from torture to&lt;br /&gt;
torture, you, your mind, your fortune, your future, your soul; and,&lt;br /&gt;
according to whether you are in the power of a wicked creature, or of a&lt;br /&gt;
noble heart, you will not escape from this terrifying machine otherwise&lt;br /&gt;
than disfigured with shame, or transfigured by passion.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Translation notes==&lt;br /&gt;
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==Textual notes==&lt;br /&gt;
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==Citations==&lt;br /&gt;
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