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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 8: The Veterans themselves can be Happy&lt;br /&gt; (Tome 3: Marius, Livre sixi&amp;egrave;me:...&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 8: The Veterans themselves can be Happy&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt; (Tome 3: Marius, Livre sixième:...&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 8: The Veterans themselves can be Happy&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 8: Les invalides eux-m&amp;amp;ecirc;mes peuvent &amp;amp;ecirc;tre heureux)&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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Puisque nous avons prononc&amp;amp;eacute; le mot ''pudeur'', et puisque nous ne cachons&lt;br /&gt;
rien, nous devons dire qu'une fois pourtant, &amp;amp;agrave; travers ses extases, &amp;amp;laquo;son&lt;br /&gt;
Ursule&amp;amp;raquo; lui donna un grief tr&amp;amp;egrave;s s&amp;amp;eacute;rieux. C'&amp;amp;eacute;tait un de ces jours o&amp;amp;ugrave; elle&lt;br /&gt;
d&amp;amp;eacute;terminait M. Leblanc &amp;amp;agrave; quitter le banc et &amp;amp;agrave; se promener dans l'all&amp;amp;eacute;e.&lt;br /&gt;
Il faisait une vive brise de prairial qui remuait le haut des platanes.&lt;br /&gt;
Le p&amp;amp;egrave;re et la fille, se donnant le bras, venaient de passer devant le&lt;br /&gt;
banc de Marius. Marius s'&amp;amp;eacute;tait lev&amp;amp;eacute; derri&amp;amp;egrave;re eux et les suivait du&lt;br /&gt;
regard, comme il convient dans cette situation d'&amp;amp;acirc;me &amp;amp;eacute;perdue.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Tout &amp;amp;agrave; coup un souffle de vent, plus en ga&amp;amp;icirc;t&amp;amp;eacute; que les autres, et&lt;br /&gt;
probablement charg&amp;amp;eacute; de faire les affaires du printemps, s'envola de la&lt;br /&gt;
p&amp;amp;eacute;pini&amp;amp;egrave;re, s'abattit sur l'all&amp;amp;eacute;e, enveloppa la jeune fille dans un&lt;br /&gt;
ravissant frisson digne des nymphes de Virgile et des faunes de&lt;br /&gt;
Th&amp;amp;eacute;ocrite, et souleva sa robe, cette robe plus sacr&amp;amp;eacute;e que celle d'Isis,&lt;br /&gt;
presque jusqu'&amp;amp;agrave; la hauteur de la jarreti&amp;amp;egrave;re. Une jambe d'une forme&lt;br /&gt;
exquise apparut. Marius la vit. Il fut exasp&amp;amp;eacute;r&amp;amp;eacute; et furieux.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
La jeune fille avait rapidement baiss&amp;amp;eacute; sa robe d'un mouvement divinement&lt;br /&gt;
effarouch&amp;amp;eacute;, mais il n'en fut pas moins indign&amp;amp;eacute;.&amp;amp;mdash;Il &amp;amp;eacute;tait seul dans&lt;br /&gt;
l'all&amp;amp;eacute;e, c'est vrai. Mais il pouvait y avoir eu quelqu'un. Et s'il y&lt;br /&gt;
avait eu quelqu'un! Comprend-on une chose pareille! C'est horrible ce&lt;br /&gt;
qu'elle vient de faire l&amp;amp;agrave;!&amp;amp;mdash;H&amp;amp;eacute;las! la pauvre enfant n'avait rien fait;&lt;br /&gt;
il n'y avait qu'un coupable, le vent; mais Marius, en qui fr&amp;amp;eacute;missait&lt;br /&gt;
confus&amp;amp;eacute;ment le Bartholo qu'il y a dans Ch&amp;amp;eacute;rubin, &amp;amp;eacute;tait d&amp;amp;eacute;termin&amp;amp;eacute; &amp;amp;agrave; &amp;amp;ecirc;tre&lt;br /&gt;
m&amp;amp;eacute;content, et &amp;amp;eacute;tait jaloux de son ombre. C'est ainsi en effet que&lt;br /&gt;
s'&amp;amp;eacute;veille dans le c&amp;amp;oelig;ur humain, et que s'impose, m&amp;amp;ecirc;me sans droit,&lt;br /&gt;
l'&amp;amp;acirc;cre et bizarre jalousie de la chair. Du reste, en dehors m&amp;amp;ecirc;me de&lt;br /&gt;
cette jalousie, la vue de cette jambe charmante n'avait eu pour lui rien&lt;br /&gt;
d'agr&amp;amp;eacute;able; le bas blanc de la premi&amp;amp;egrave;re femme venue lui e&amp;amp;ucirc;t fait plus de&lt;br /&gt;
plaisir.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Quand &amp;amp;laquo;son Ursule&amp;amp;raquo;, apr&amp;amp;egrave;s avoir atteint l'extr&amp;amp;eacute;mit&amp;amp;eacute; de l'all&amp;amp;eacute;e, revint&lt;br /&gt;
sur ses pas avec M. Leblanc et passa devant le banc o&amp;amp;ugrave; Marius s'&amp;amp;eacute;tait&lt;br /&gt;
rassis, Marius lui jeta un regard bourru et f&amp;amp;eacute;roce. La jeune fille eut&lt;br /&gt;
ce petit redressement en arri&amp;amp;egrave;re accompagn&amp;amp;eacute; d'un haussement de paupi&amp;amp;egrave;res&lt;br /&gt;
qui signifie: Eh bien, qu'est-ce qu'il a donc?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Ce fut l&amp;amp;agrave; leur &amp;amp;laquo;premi&amp;amp;egrave;re querelle&amp;amp;raquo;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Marius achevait &amp;amp;agrave; peine de lui faire cette sc&amp;amp;egrave;ne avec les yeux que&lt;br /&gt;
quelqu'un traversa l'all&amp;amp;eacute;e. C'&amp;amp;eacute;tait un invalide tout courb&amp;amp;eacute;, tout rid&amp;amp;eacute;&lt;br /&gt;
et tout blanc, en uniforme Louis XV, ayant sur le torse la petite plaque&lt;br /&gt;
ovale de drap rouge aux &amp;amp;eacute;p&amp;amp;eacute;es crois&amp;amp;eacute;es, croix de Saint-Louis du soldat,&lt;br /&gt;
et orn&amp;amp;eacute; en outre d'une manche d'habit sans bras dedans, d'un menton&lt;br /&gt;
d'argent et d'une jambe de bois. Marius crut distinguer que cet &amp;amp;ecirc;tre&lt;br /&gt;
avait l'air extr&amp;amp;ecirc;mement satisfait. Il lui sembla m&amp;amp;ecirc;me que le vieux&lt;br /&gt;
cynique, tout en clopinant pr&amp;amp;egrave;s de lui, lui avait adress&amp;amp;eacute; un clignement&lt;br /&gt;
d'&amp;amp;oelig;il tr&amp;amp;egrave;s fraternel et tr&amp;amp;egrave;s joyeux, comme si un hasard quelconque&lt;br /&gt;
avait fait qu'ils pussent &amp;amp;ecirc;tre d'intelligence et qu'ils eussent savour&amp;amp;eacute;&lt;br /&gt;
en commun quelque bonne aubaine. Qu'avait-il donc &amp;amp;agrave; &amp;amp;ecirc;tre si content, ce&lt;br /&gt;
d&amp;amp;eacute;bris de Mars? Que s'&amp;amp;eacute;tait-il donc pass&amp;amp;eacute; entre cette jambe de bois et&lt;br /&gt;
l'autre? Marius arriva au paroxysme de la jalousie.&amp;amp;mdash;Il &amp;amp;eacute;tait peut-&amp;amp;ecirc;tre&lt;br /&gt;
l&amp;amp;agrave;! se dit-il; il a peut-&amp;amp;ecirc;tre vu!&amp;amp;mdash;Et il eut envie d'exterminer&lt;br /&gt;
l'invalide.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Le temps aidant, toute pointe s'&amp;amp;eacute;mousse. Cette col&amp;amp;egrave;re de Marius contre&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;laquo;Ursule&amp;amp;raquo;, si juste et si l&amp;amp;eacute;gitime qu'elle f&amp;amp;ucirc;t, passa. Il finit par&lt;br /&gt;
pardonner; mais ce fut un grand effort; il la bouda trois jours.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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Cependant, &amp;amp;agrave; travers tout cela et &amp;amp;agrave; cause de tout cela, la passion&lt;br /&gt;
grandissait et devenait folle.&lt;br /&gt;
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==English text==&lt;br /&gt;
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Since we have pronounced the word modesty, and since we conceal nothing,&lt;br /&gt;
we ought to say that once, nevertheless, in spite of his ecstasies, &amp;quot;his&lt;br /&gt;
Ursule&amp;quot; caused him very serious grief. It was on one of the days when she&lt;br /&gt;
persuaded M. Leblanc to leave the bench and stroll along the walk. A brisk&lt;br /&gt;
May breeze was blowing, which swayed the crests of the plaintain-trees.&lt;br /&gt;
The father and daughter, arm in arm, had just passed Marius' bench. Marius&lt;br /&gt;
had risen to his feet behind them, and was following them with his eyes,&lt;br /&gt;
as was fitting in the desperate situation of his soul.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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All at once, a gust of wind, more merry than the rest, and probably&lt;br /&gt;
charged with performing the affairs of Springtime, swept down from the&lt;br /&gt;
nursery, flung itself on the alley, enveloped the young girl in a&lt;br /&gt;
delicious shiver, worthy of Virgil's nymphs, and the fawns of Theocritus,&lt;br /&gt;
and lifted her dress, the robe more sacred than that of Isis, almost to&lt;br /&gt;
the height of her garter. A leg of exquisite shape appeared. Marius saw&lt;br /&gt;
it. He was exasperated and furious.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
The young girl had hastily thrust down her dress, with a divinely troubled&lt;br /&gt;
motion, but he was none the less angry for all that. He was alone in the&lt;br /&gt;
alley, it is true. But there might have been some one there. And what if&lt;br /&gt;
there had been some one there! Can any one comprehend such a thing? What&lt;br /&gt;
she had just done is horrible!&amp;amp;mdash;Alas, the poor child had done&lt;br /&gt;
nothing; there had been but one culprit, the wind; but Marius, in whom&lt;br /&gt;
quivered the Bartholo who exists in Cherubin, was determined to be vexed,&lt;br /&gt;
and was jealous of his own shadow. It is thus, in fact, that the harsh and&lt;br /&gt;
capricious jealousy of the flesh awakens in the human heart, and takes&lt;br /&gt;
possession of it, even without any right. Moreover, setting aside even&lt;br /&gt;
that jealousy, the sight of that charming leg had contained nothing&lt;br /&gt;
agreeable for him; the white stocking of the first woman he chanced to&lt;br /&gt;
meet would have afforded him more pleasure.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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When &amp;quot;his Ursule,&amp;quot; after having reached the end of the walk, retraced her&lt;br /&gt;
steps with M. Leblanc, and passed in front of the bench on which Marius&lt;br /&gt;
had seated himself once more, Marius darted a sullen and ferocious glance&lt;br /&gt;
at her. The young girl gave way to that slight straightening up with a&lt;br /&gt;
backward movement, accompanied by a raising of the eyelids, which&lt;br /&gt;
signifies: &amp;quot;Well, what is the matter?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
This was &amp;quot;their first quarrel.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Marius had hardly made this scene at her with his eyes, when some one&lt;br /&gt;
crossed the walk. It was a veteran, very much bent, extremely wrinkled,&lt;br /&gt;
and pale, in a uniform of the Louis XV. pattern, bearing on his breast the&lt;br /&gt;
little oval plaque of red cloth, with the crossed swords, the soldier's&lt;br /&gt;
cross of Saint-Louis, and adorned, in addition, with a coat-sleeve, which&lt;br /&gt;
had no arm within it, with a silver chin and a wooden leg. Marius thought&lt;br /&gt;
he perceived that this man had an extremely well satisfied air. It even&lt;br /&gt;
struck him that the aged cynic, as he hobbled along past him, addressed to&lt;br /&gt;
him a very fraternal and very merry wink, as though some chance had&lt;br /&gt;
created an understanding between them, and as though they had shared some&lt;br /&gt;
piece of good luck together. What did that relic of Mars mean by being so&lt;br /&gt;
contented? What had passed between that wooden leg and the other? Marius&lt;br /&gt;
reached a paroxysm of jealousy.&amp;amp;mdash;&amp;quot;Perhaps he was there!&amp;quot; he said to&lt;br /&gt;
himself; &amp;quot;perhaps he saw!&amp;quot;&amp;amp;mdash;And he felt a desire to exterminate the&lt;br /&gt;
veteran.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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With the aid of time, all points grow dull. Marius' wrath against&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Ursule,&amp;quot; just and legitimate as it was, passed off. He finally pardoned&lt;br /&gt;
her; but this cost him a great effort; he sulked for three days.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Nevertheless, in spite of all this, and because of all this, his passion&lt;br /&gt;
augmented and grew to madness.&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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