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		<title>Historymaker: Created page with &quot;Les Mis&amp;eacute;rables, Volume 3: Marius, Book Eighth: The Wicked Poor Man, Chapter 1: Marius, while seeking a Girl in a Bonnet encounters a Man in a Cap&lt;br /&gt; (Tome 3: Marius,...&quot;</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Created page with &amp;quot;Les Misérables, Volume 3: Marius, Book Eighth: The Wicked Poor Man, Chapter 1: Marius, while seeking a Girl in a Bonnet encounters a Man in a Cap&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt; (Tome 3: Marius,...&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 Eighth: The Wicked Poor Man, Chapter 1: Marius, while seeking a Girl in a Bonnet encounters a Man in a Cap&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
(Tome 3: Marius, Livre huiti&amp;amp;egrave;me: Le mauvais pauvre, Chapitre 1: Marius, cherchant une fille en chapeau, rencontre un homme en casquette)&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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L'&amp;amp;eacute;t&amp;amp;eacute; passa, puis l'automne; l'hiver vint. Ni M. Leblanc ni la jeune&lt;br /&gt;
fille n'avaient remis les pieds au Luxembourg. Marius n'avait plus&lt;br /&gt;
qu'une pens&amp;amp;eacute;e, revoir ce doux et adorable visage. Il cherchait toujours,&lt;br /&gt;
il cherchait partout; il ne trouvait rien. Ce n'&amp;amp;eacute;tait plus Marius le&lt;br /&gt;
r&amp;amp;ecirc;veur enthousiaste, l'homme r&amp;amp;eacute;solu, ardent et ferme, le hardi&lt;br /&gt;
provocateur de la destin&amp;amp;eacute;e, le cerveau qui &amp;amp;eacute;chafaudait avenir sur&lt;br /&gt;
avenir, le jeune esprit encombr&amp;amp;eacute; de plans, de projets, de fiert&amp;amp;eacute;s,&lt;br /&gt;
d'id&amp;amp;eacute;es et de volont&amp;amp;eacute;s; c'&amp;amp;eacute;tait un chien perdu. Il tomba dans une&lt;br /&gt;
tristesse noire. C'&amp;amp;eacute;tait fini. Le travail le rebutait, la promenade le&lt;br /&gt;
fatiguait, la solitude l'ennuyait; la vaste nature, si remplie autrefois&lt;br /&gt;
de formes, de clart&amp;amp;eacute;s, de voix, de conseils, de perspectives,&lt;br /&gt;
d'horizons, d'enseignements, &amp;amp;eacute;tait maintenant vide devant lui. Il lui&lt;br /&gt;
semblait que tout avait disparu.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Il pensait toujours, car il ne pouvait faire autrement; mais il ne se&lt;br /&gt;
plaisait plus dans ses pens&amp;amp;eacute;es. &amp;amp;Agrave; tout ce qu'elles lui proposaient tout&lt;br /&gt;
bas sans cesse, il r&amp;amp;eacute;pondait dans l'ombre: &amp;amp;Agrave; quoi bon?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Il se faisait cent reproches. Pourquoi l'ai-je suivie? J'&amp;amp;eacute;tais si&lt;br /&gt;
heureux rien que de la voir! Elle me regardait, est-ce que ce n'&amp;amp;eacute;tait&lt;br /&gt;
pas immense? Elle avait l'air de m'aimer. Est-ce que ce n'&amp;amp;eacute;tait pas&lt;br /&gt;
tout? J'ai voulu avoir quoi? Il n'y a rien apr&amp;amp;egrave;s cela. J'ai &amp;amp;eacute;t&amp;amp;eacute; absurde.&lt;br /&gt;
C'est ma faute, etc., etc. Courfeyrac, auquel il ne confiait rien,&lt;br /&gt;
c'&amp;amp;eacute;tait sa nature, mais qui devinait un peu tout, c'&amp;amp;eacute;tait sa nature&lt;br /&gt;
aussi, avait commenc&amp;amp;eacute; par le f&amp;amp;eacute;liciter d'&amp;amp;ecirc;tre amoureux, en s'en&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;eacute;bahissant d'ailleurs; puis, voyant Marius tomb&amp;amp;eacute; dans cette m&amp;amp;eacute;lancolie,&lt;br /&gt;
il avait fini par lui dire:&amp;amp;mdash;Je vois que tu as &amp;amp;eacute;t&amp;amp;eacute; simplement un animal.&lt;br /&gt;
Tiens, viens &amp;amp;agrave; la Chaumi&amp;amp;egrave;re!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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Une fois, ayant confiance dans un beau soleil de septembre, Marius&lt;br /&gt;
s'&amp;amp;eacute;tait laiss&amp;amp;eacute; mener au bal de Sceaux par Courfeyrac, Bossuet et&lt;br /&gt;
Grantaire, esp&amp;amp;eacute;rant, quel r&amp;amp;ecirc;ve! qu'il la retrouverait peut-&amp;amp;ecirc;tre l&amp;amp;agrave;. Bien&lt;br /&gt;
entendu, il n'y vit pas celle qu'il cherchait.&amp;amp;mdash;C'est pourtant ici qu'on&lt;br /&gt;
retrouve toutes les femmes perdues, grommelait Grantaire en apart&amp;amp;eacute;.&lt;br /&gt;
Marius laissa ses amis au bal, et s'en retourna &amp;amp;agrave; pied, seul, las,&lt;br /&gt;
fi&amp;amp;eacute;vreux, les yeux troubles et tristes dans la nuit, ahuri de bruit et&lt;br /&gt;
de poussi&amp;amp;egrave;re par les joyeux coucous pleins d'&amp;amp;ecirc;tres chantants qui&lt;br /&gt;
revenaient de la f&amp;amp;ecirc;te et passaient &amp;amp;agrave; c&amp;amp;ocirc;t&amp;amp;eacute; de lui, d&amp;amp;eacute;courag&amp;amp;eacute;, aspirant&lt;br /&gt;
pour se rafra&amp;amp;icirc;chir la t&amp;amp;ecirc;te l'&amp;amp;acirc;cre senteur des noyers de la route.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Il se remit &amp;amp;agrave; vivre de plus en plus seul, &amp;amp;eacute;gar&amp;amp;eacute;, accabl&amp;amp;eacute;, tout &amp;amp;agrave; son&lt;br /&gt;
angoisse int&amp;amp;eacute;rieure, allant et venant dans sa douleur comme le loup dans&lt;br /&gt;
le pi&amp;amp;egrave;ge, qu&amp;amp;ecirc;tant partout l'absente, abruti d'amour.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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Une autre fois, il avait fait une rencontre qui lui avait produit un&lt;br /&gt;
effet singulier. Il avait crois&amp;amp;eacute; dans les petites rues qui avoisinent le&lt;br /&gt;
boulevard des Invalides un homme v&amp;amp;ecirc;tu comme un ouvrier et coiff&amp;amp;eacute; d'une&lt;br /&gt;
casquette &amp;amp;agrave; longue visi&amp;amp;egrave;re qui laissait passer des m&amp;amp;egrave;ches de cheveux&lt;br /&gt;
tr&amp;amp;egrave;s blancs. Marius fut frapp&amp;amp;eacute; de la beaut&amp;amp;eacute; de ces cheveux blancs et&lt;br /&gt;
consid&amp;amp;eacute;ra cet homme qui marchait &amp;amp;agrave; pas lents et comme absorb&amp;amp;eacute; dans une&lt;br /&gt;
m&amp;amp;eacute;ditation douloureuse. Chose &amp;amp;eacute;trange, il lui parut reconna&amp;amp;icirc;tre M.&lt;br /&gt;
Leblanc. C'&amp;amp;eacute;taient les m&amp;amp;ecirc;mes cheveux, le m&amp;amp;ecirc;me profil, autant que la&lt;br /&gt;
casquette le laissait voir, la m&amp;amp;ecirc;me allure, seulement plus triste. Mais&lt;br /&gt;
pourquoi ces habits d'ouvrier? qu'est-ce que cela voulait dire? que&lt;br /&gt;
signifiait ce d&amp;amp;eacute;guisement? Marius fut tr&amp;amp;egrave;s &amp;amp;eacute;tonn&amp;amp;eacute;. Quand il revint &amp;amp;agrave;&lt;br /&gt;
lui, son premier mouvement fut de se mettre &amp;amp;agrave; suivre cet homme; qui sait&lt;br /&gt;
s'il ne tenait point enfin la trace qu'il cherchait? En tout cas, il&lt;br /&gt;
fallait revoir l'homme de pr&amp;amp;egrave;s et &amp;amp;eacute;claircir l'&amp;amp;eacute;nigme. Mais il s'avisa de&lt;br /&gt;
cette id&amp;amp;eacute;e trop tard, l'homme n'&amp;amp;eacute;tait d&amp;amp;eacute;j&amp;amp;agrave; plus l&amp;amp;agrave;. Il avait pris&lt;br /&gt;
quelque petite rue lat&amp;amp;eacute;rale, et Marius ne put le retrouver. Cette&lt;br /&gt;
rencontre le pr&amp;amp;eacute;occupa quelques jours, puis s'effa&amp;amp;ccedil;a.&amp;amp;mdash;Apr&amp;amp;egrave;s tout, se&lt;br /&gt;
dit-il, ce n'est probablement qu'une ressemblance.&lt;br /&gt;
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==English text==&lt;br /&gt;
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Summer passed, then the autumn; winter came. Neither M. Leblanc nor the&lt;br /&gt;
young girl had again set foot in the Luxembourg garden. Thenceforth,&lt;br /&gt;
Marius had but one thought,&amp;amp;mdash;to gaze once more on that sweet and&lt;br /&gt;
adorable face. He sought constantly, he sought everywhere; he found&lt;br /&gt;
nothing. He was no longer Marius, the enthusiastic dreamer, the firm,&lt;br /&gt;
resolute, ardent man, the bold defier of fate, the brain which erected&lt;br /&gt;
future on future, the young spirit encumbered with plans, with projects,&lt;br /&gt;
with pride, with ideas and wishes; he was a lost dog. He fell into a black&lt;br /&gt;
melancholy. All was over. Work disgusted him, walking tired him. Vast&lt;br /&gt;
nature, formerly so filled with forms, lights, voices, counsels,&lt;br /&gt;
perspectives, horizons, teachings, now lay empty before him. It seemed to&lt;br /&gt;
him that everything had disappeared.&lt;br /&gt;
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He thought incessantly, for he could not do otherwise; but he no longer&lt;br /&gt;
took pleasure in his thoughts. To everything that they proposed to him in&lt;br /&gt;
a whisper, he replied in his darkness: &amp;quot;What is the use?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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He heaped a hundred reproaches on himself. &amp;quot;Why did I follow her? I was so&lt;br /&gt;
happy at the mere sight of her! She looked at me; was not that immense?&lt;br /&gt;
She had the air of loving me. Was not that everything? I wished to have,&lt;br /&gt;
what? There was nothing after that. I have been absurd. It is my own&lt;br /&gt;
fault,&amp;quot; etc., etc. Courfeyrac, to whom he confided nothing,&amp;amp;mdash;it was&lt;br /&gt;
his nature,&amp;amp;mdash;but who made some little guess at everything,&amp;amp;mdash;that&lt;br /&gt;
was his nature,&amp;amp;mdash;had begun by congratulating him on being in love,&lt;br /&gt;
though he was amazed at it; then, seeing Marius fall into this melancholy&lt;br /&gt;
state, he ended by saying to him: &amp;quot;I see that you have been simply an&lt;br /&gt;
animal. Here, come to the Chaumiere.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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Once, having confidence in a fine September sun, Marius had allowed&lt;br /&gt;
himself to be taken to the ball at Sceaux by Courfeyrac, Bossuet, and&lt;br /&gt;
Grantaire, hoping, what a dream! that he might, perhaps, find her there.&lt;br /&gt;
Of course he did not see the one he sought.&amp;amp;mdash;&amp;quot;But this is the place,&lt;br /&gt;
all the same, where all lost women are found,&amp;quot; grumbled Grantaire in an&lt;br /&gt;
aside. Marius left his friends at the ball and returned home on foot,&lt;br /&gt;
alone, through the night, weary, feverish, with sad and troubled eyes,&lt;br /&gt;
stunned by the noise and dust of the merry wagons filled with singing&lt;br /&gt;
creatures on their way home from the feast, which passed close to him, as&lt;br /&gt;
he, in his discouragement, breathed in the acrid scent of the&lt;br /&gt;
walnut-trees, along the road, in order to refresh his head.&lt;br /&gt;
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He took to living more and more alone, utterly overwhelmed, wholly given&lt;br /&gt;
up to his inward anguish, going and coming in his pain like the wolf in&lt;br /&gt;
the trap, seeking the absent one everywhere, stupefied by love.&lt;br /&gt;
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On another occasion, he had an encounter which produced on him a singular&lt;br /&gt;
effect. He met, in the narrow streets in the vicinity of the Boulevard des&lt;br /&gt;
Invalides, a man dressed like a workingman and wearing a cap with a long&lt;br /&gt;
visor, which allowed a glimpse of locks of very white hair. Marius was&lt;br /&gt;
struck with the beauty of this white hair, and scrutinized the man, who&lt;br /&gt;
was walking slowly and as though absorbed in painful meditation. Strange&lt;br /&gt;
to say, he thought that he recognized M. Leblanc. The hair was the same,&lt;br /&gt;
also the profile, so far as the cap permitted a view of it, the mien&lt;br /&gt;
identical, only more depressed. But why these workingman's clothes? What&lt;br /&gt;
was the meaning of this? What signified that disguise? Marius was greatly&lt;br /&gt;
astonished. When he recovered himself, his first impulse was to follow the&lt;br /&gt;
man; who knows whether he did not hold at last the clue which he was&lt;br /&gt;
seeking? In any case, he must see the man near at hand, and clear up the&lt;br /&gt;
mystery. But the idea occurred to him too late, the man was no longer&lt;br /&gt;
there. He had turned into some little side street, and Marius could not&lt;br /&gt;
find him. This encounter occupied his mind for three days and then was&lt;br /&gt;
effaced. &amp;quot;After all,&amp;quot; he said to himself, &amp;quot;it was probably only a&lt;br /&gt;
resemblance.&amp;quot;&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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