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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Created page with &amp;quot;Les Misérables, Volume 4: The Idyll of the Rue Plumet &amp;amp; The Epic of the Rue Saint-Denis, Book Eighth: Enchantments and Desolations, Chapter 6: Marius becomes Practical ...&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 4: The Idyll of the Rue Plumet &amp;amp; The Epic of the Rue Saint-Denis, Book Eighth: Enchantments and Desolations, Chapter 6: Marius becomes Practical once more to the Extent of Giving Cosette his Address&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
(Tome 4: L'idylle rue Plumet et l'&amp;amp;eacute;pop&amp;amp;eacute;e rue Saint-Denis, Livre huiti&amp;amp;egrave;me: Les enchantements et les d&amp;amp;eacute;solations, Chapitre 6: Marius redevient r&amp;amp;eacute;el au point de donner son adresse &amp;amp;agrave; Cosette)&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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Pendant que cette esp&amp;amp;egrave;ce de chienne &amp;amp;agrave; figure humaine montait la garde&lt;br /&gt;
contre la grille et que les six bandits l&amp;amp;acirc;chaient pied devant une fille,&lt;br /&gt;
Marius &amp;amp;eacute;tait pr&amp;amp;egrave;s de Cosette.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Jamais le ciel n'avait &amp;amp;eacute;t&amp;amp;eacute; plus constell&amp;amp;eacute; et plus charmant, les arbres&lt;br /&gt;
plus tremblants, la senteur des herbes plus p&amp;amp;eacute;n&amp;amp;eacute;trante; jamais les&lt;br /&gt;
oiseaux ne s'&amp;amp;eacute;taient endormis dans les feuilles avec un bruit plus doux;&lt;br /&gt;
jamais toutes les harmonies de la s&amp;amp;eacute;r&amp;amp;eacute;nit&amp;amp;eacute; universelle n'avaient mieux&lt;br /&gt;
r&amp;amp;eacute;pondu aux musiques int&amp;amp;eacute;rieures de l'amour; jamais Marius n'avait &amp;amp;eacute;t&amp;amp;eacute;&lt;br /&gt;
plus &amp;amp;eacute;pris, plus heureux, plus extasi&amp;amp;eacute;. Mais il avait trouv&amp;amp;eacute; Cosette&lt;br /&gt;
triste. Cosette avait pleur&amp;amp;eacute;. Elle avait les yeux rouges.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
C'&amp;amp;eacute;tait le premier nuage dans cet admirable r&amp;amp;ecirc;ve.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Le premier mot de Marius avait &amp;amp;eacute;t&amp;amp;eacute;:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Qu'as-tu?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Et elle avait r&amp;amp;eacute;pondu:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Voil&amp;amp;agrave;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Puis elle s'&amp;amp;eacute;tait assise sur le banc pr&amp;amp;egrave;s du perron, et pendant qu'il&lt;br /&gt;
prenait place tout tremblant aupr&amp;amp;egrave;s d'elle, elle avait poursuivi:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Mon p&amp;amp;egrave;re m'a dit ce matin de me tenir pr&amp;amp;ecirc;te, qu'il avait des affaires,&lt;br /&gt;
et que nous allions peut-&amp;amp;ecirc;tre partir.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Marius frissonna de la t&amp;amp;ecirc;te aux pieds.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Quand on est &amp;amp;agrave; la fin de la vie, mourir, cela veut dire partir; quand on&lt;br /&gt;
est au commencement, partir, cela veut dire mourir.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Depuis six semaines, Marius, peu &amp;amp;agrave; peu, lentement, par degr&amp;amp;eacute;s, prenait&lt;br /&gt;
chaque jour possession de Cosette. Possession tout id&amp;amp;eacute;ale, mais&lt;br /&gt;
profonde. Comme nous l'avons expliqu&amp;amp;eacute; d&amp;amp;eacute;j&amp;amp;agrave;, dans le premier amour, on&lt;br /&gt;
prend l'&amp;amp;acirc;me bien avant le corps; plus tard on prend le corps bien avant&lt;br /&gt;
l'&amp;amp;acirc;me, quelquefois on ne prend pas l'&amp;amp;acirc;me du tout; les Faublas et les&lt;br /&gt;
Prudhomme ajoutent: parce qu'il n'y en a pas; mais ce sarcasme est par&lt;br /&gt;
bonheur un blasph&amp;amp;egrave;me. Marius donc poss&amp;amp;eacute;dait Cosette, comme les esprits&lt;br /&gt;
poss&amp;amp;egrave;dent; mais il l'enveloppait de toute son &amp;amp;acirc;me et la saisissait&lt;br /&gt;
jalousement avec une incroyable conviction. Il poss&amp;amp;eacute;dait son sourire,&lt;br /&gt;
son haleine, son parfum, le rayonnement profond de ses prunelles bleues,&lt;br /&gt;
la douceur de sa peau quand il lui touchait la main, le charmant signe&lt;br /&gt;
qu'elle avait au cou, toutes ses pens&amp;amp;eacute;es. Ils &amp;amp;eacute;taient convenus de ne&lt;br /&gt;
jamais dormir sans r&amp;amp;ecirc;ver l'un de l'autre, et ils s'&amp;amp;eacute;taient tenus parole.&lt;br /&gt;
Il poss&amp;amp;eacute;dait donc tous les r&amp;amp;ecirc;ves de Cosette. Il regardait sans cesse et&lt;br /&gt;
il effleurait quelquefois de son souffle les petits cheveux qu'elle&lt;br /&gt;
avait &amp;amp;agrave; la nuque, et il se d&amp;amp;eacute;clarait qu'il n'y avait pas un de ces&lt;br /&gt;
petits cheveux qui ne lui appartint &amp;amp;agrave; lui Marius. Il contemplait et il&lt;br /&gt;
adorait les choses qu'elle mettait, son n&amp;amp;oelig;ud de ruban, ses gants, ses&lt;br /&gt;
manchettes, ses brodequins, comme des objets sacr&amp;amp;eacute;s dont il &amp;amp;eacute;tait le&lt;br /&gt;
ma&amp;amp;icirc;tre. Il songeait qu'il &amp;amp;eacute;tait le seigneur de ces jolis peignes&lt;br /&gt;
d'&amp;amp;eacute;caille qu'elle avait dans ses cheveux, et il se disait m&amp;amp;ecirc;me, sourds&lt;br /&gt;
et confus b&amp;amp;eacute;gayements de la volupt&amp;amp;eacute; qui se faisait jour, qu'il n'y avait&lt;br /&gt;
pas un cordon de sa robe, pas une maille de ses bas, pas un pli de son&lt;br /&gt;
corset, qui ne f&amp;amp;ucirc;t &amp;amp;agrave; lui. &amp;amp;Agrave; c&amp;amp;ocirc;t&amp;amp;eacute; de Cosette, il se sentait pr&amp;amp;egrave;s de son&lt;br /&gt;
bien, pr&amp;amp;egrave;s de sa chose, pr&amp;amp;egrave;s de son despote et de son esclave. Il&lt;br /&gt;
semblait qu'ils eussent tellement m&amp;amp;ecirc;l&amp;amp;eacute; leurs &amp;amp;acirc;mes que, s'ils eussent&lt;br /&gt;
voulu les reprendre, il leur e&amp;amp;ucirc;t &amp;amp;eacute;t&amp;amp;eacute; impossible de les&lt;br /&gt;
reconna&amp;amp;icirc;tre.&amp;amp;mdash;Celle-ci est la mienne.&amp;amp;mdash;Non, c'est la mienne.&amp;amp;mdash;Je&lt;br /&gt;
t'assure que tu te trompes. Voil&amp;amp;agrave; bien moi.&amp;amp;mdash;Ce que tu prends pour toi,&lt;br /&gt;
c'est moi.&amp;amp;mdash;Marius &amp;amp;eacute;tait quelque chose qui faisait partie de Cosette et&lt;br /&gt;
Cosette &amp;amp;eacute;tait quelque chose qui faisait partie de Marius. Marius sentait&lt;br /&gt;
Cosette vivre en lui. Avoir Cosette, poss&amp;amp;eacute;der Cosette, cela pour lui&lt;br /&gt;
n'&amp;amp;eacute;tait pas distinct de respirer. Ce fut au milieu de cette foi, de cet&lt;br /&gt;
enivrement, de cette possession virginale, inou&amp;amp;iuml;e et absolue, de cette&lt;br /&gt;
souverainet&amp;amp;eacute;, que ces mots: &amp;amp;laquo;Nous allons partir&amp;amp;raquo;, tomb&amp;amp;egrave;rent tout &amp;amp;agrave; coup,&lt;br /&gt;
et que la voix brusque de la r&amp;amp;eacute;alit&amp;amp;eacute; lui cria: Cosette n'est pas &amp;amp;agrave; toi!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Marius se r&amp;amp;eacute;veilla. Depuis six semaines, Marius vivait, nous l'avons&lt;br /&gt;
dit, hors de la vie; ce mot, partir! l'y fit rentrer durement.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Il ne trouva pas une parole. Cosette sentit seulement que sa main &amp;amp;eacute;tait&lt;br /&gt;
tr&amp;amp;egrave;s froide. Elle lui dit &amp;amp;agrave; son tour:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Qu'as-tu?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Il r&amp;amp;eacute;pondit, si bas que Cosette l'entendait &amp;amp;agrave; peine:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Je ne comprends pas ce que tu as dit.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Elle reprit:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Ce matin mon p&amp;amp;egrave;re m'a dit de pr&amp;amp;eacute;parer toutes mes petites affaires et&lt;br /&gt;
de me tenir pr&amp;amp;ecirc;te, qu'il me donnerait son linge pour le mettre dans une&lt;br /&gt;
malle, qu'il &amp;amp;eacute;tait oblig&amp;amp;eacute; de faire un voyage, que nous allions partir,&lt;br /&gt;
qu'il faudrait avoir une grande malle pour moi et une petite pour lui,&lt;br /&gt;
de pr&amp;amp;eacute;parer tout cela d'ici &amp;amp;agrave; une semaine, et que nous irions peut-&amp;amp;ecirc;tre&lt;br /&gt;
en Angleterre.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Mais c'est monstrueux! s'&amp;amp;eacute;cria Marius.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Il est certain qu'en ce moment, dans l'esprit de Marius, aucun abus de&lt;br /&gt;
pouvoir, aucune violence, aucune abomination des tyrans les plus&lt;br /&gt;
prodigieux, aucune action de Busiris, de Tib&amp;amp;egrave;re ou de Henri VIII&lt;br /&gt;
n'&amp;amp;eacute;galait en f&amp;amp;eacute;rocit&amp;amp;eacute; celle-ci: M. Fauchelevent emmenant sa fille en&lt;br /&gt;
Angleterre parce qu'il a des affaires.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Il demanda d'une voix faible:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Et quand partirais-tu?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Il n'a pas dit quand.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Et quand reviendrais-tu?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Il n'a pas dit quand.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Marius se leva, et dit froidement:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Cosette, irez-vous?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Cosette tourna vers lui ses beaux yeux pleins d'angoisse et r&amp;amp;eacute;pondit&lt;br /&gt;
avec une sorte d'&amp;amp;eacute;garement:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;O&amp;amp;ugrave;?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;En Angleterre? irez-vous?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Pourquoi me dis-tu vous?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Je vous demande si vous irez?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Comment veux-tu que je fasse? dit-elle en joignant les mains.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Ainsi vous irez?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Si mon p&amp;amp;egrave;re y va?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Ainsi, vous irez?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Cosette prit la main de Marius et l'&amp;amp;eacute;treignit sans r&amp;amp;eacute;pondre.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;C'est bon, dit Marius. Alors j'irai ailleurs.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Cosette sentit le sens de ce mot plus encore qu'elle ne le comprit. Elle&lt;br /&gt;
p&amp;amp;acirc;lit tellement que sa figure devint blanche dans l'obscurit&amp;amp;eacute;. Elle&lt;br /&gt;
balbutia:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Que veux-tu dire?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Marius la regarda, puis &amp;amp;eacute;leva lentement ses yeux vers le ciel et&lt;br /&gt;
r&amp;amp;eacute;pondit:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Rien.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Quand sa paupi&amp;amp;egrave;re s'abaissa, il vit Cosette qui lui souriait. Le sourire&lt;br /&gt;
d'une femme qu'on aime a une clart&amp;amp;eacute; qu'on voit la nuit.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Que nous sommes b&amp;amp;ecirc;tes! Marius, j'ai une id&amp;amp;eacute;e.&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;Pars si nous partons! Je te dirai o&amp;amp;ugrave;. Viens me rejoindre o&amp;amp;ugrave; je serai!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Marius &amp;amp;eacute;tait maintenant un homme tout &amp;amp;agrave; fait r&amp;amp;eacute;veill&amp;amp;eacute;. Il &amp;amp;eacute;tait retomb&amp;amp;eacute;&lt;br /&gt;
dans la r&amp;amp;eacute;alit&amp;amp;eacute;. Il cria &amp;amp;agrave; Cosette:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Partir avec vous! es-tu folle? Mais il faut de l'argent, et je n'en ai&lt;br /&gt;
pas! Aller en Angleterre? Mais je dois maintenant, je ne sais pas, plus&lt;br /&gt;
de dix louis &amp;amp;agrave; Courfeyrac, un de mes amis que tu ne connais pas! Mais&lt;br /&gt;
j'ai un vieux chapeau qui ne vaut pas trois francs, j'ai un habit o&amp;amp;ugrave; il&lt;br /&gt;
manque des boutons par devant, ma chemise est toute d&amp;amp;eacute;chir&amp;amp;eacute;e; j'ai les&lt;br /&gt;
coudes perc&amp;amp;eacute;s, mes bottes prennent l'eau; depuis six semaines je n'y&lt;br /&gt;
pense plus, et je ne te l'ai pas dit. Cosette! je suis un mis&amp;amp;eacute;rable. Tu&lt;br /&gt;
ne me vois que la nuit, et tu me donnes ton amour; si tu me voyais le&lt;br /&gt;
jour, tu me donnerais un sou! Aller en Angleterre! Eh! je n'ai pas de&lt;br /&gt;
quoi payer le passeport!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Il se jeta contre un arbre qui &amp;amp;eacute;tait l&amp;amp;agrave;, debout, les deux bras au-dessus&lt;br /&gt;
de sa t&amp;amp;ecirc;te, le front contre l'&amp;amp;eacute;corce, ne sentant ni le bois qui lui&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;eacute;corchait la peau ni la fi&amp;amp;egrave;vre qui lui martelait les tempes, immobile,&lt;br /&gt;
et pr&amp;amp;ecirc;t &amp;amp;agrave; tomber, comme la statue du d&amp;amp;eacute;sespoir.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Il demeura longtemps ainsi. On resterait l'&amp;amp;eacute;ternit&amp;amp;eacute; dans ces ab&amp;amp;icirc;mes-l&amp;amp;agrave;.&lt;br /&gt;
Enfin il se retourna. Il entendait derri&amp;amp;egrave;re lui un petit bruit &amp;amp;eacute;touff&amp;amp;eacute;,&lt;br /&gt;
doux et triste.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
C'&amp;amp;eacute;tait Cosette qui sanglotait.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Elle pleurait depuis plus de deux heures &amp;amp;agrave; c&amp;amp;ocirc;t&amp;amp;eacute; de Marius qui songeait.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Il vint &amp;amp;agrave; elle, tomba &amp;amp;agrave; genoux, et, se prosternant lentement, il prit le&lt;br /&gt;
bout de son pied qui passait sous sa robe et le baisa.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Elle le laissa faire en silence. Il y a des moments o&amp;amp;ugrave; la femme accepte,&lt;br /&gt;
comme une d&amp;amp;eacute;esse sombre et r&amp;amp;eacute;sign&amp;amp;eacute;e, la religion de l'amour.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Ne pleure pas, dit-il.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Elle murmura:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Puisque je vais peut-&amp;amp;ecirc;tre m'en aller, et que tu ne peux pas venir!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Lui reprit:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;M'aimes-tu?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Elle lui r&amp;amp;eacute;pondit en sanglotant ce mot du paradis qui n'est jamais plus&lt;br /&gt;
charmant qu'&amp;amp;agrave; travers les larmes:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Je t'adore!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Il poursuivit avec un son de voix qui &amp;amp;eacute;tait une inexprimable caresse:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Ne pleure pas. Dis, veux-tu faire cela pour moi de ne pas pleurer?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;M'aimes-tu, toi? dit-elle.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Il lui prit la main.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Cosette, je n'ai jamais donn&amp;amp;eacute; ma parole d'honneur &amp;amp;agrave; personne, parce&lt;br /&gt;
que ma parole d'honneur me fait peur. Je sens que mon p&amp;amp;egrave;re est &amp;amp;agrave; c&amp;amp;ocirc;t&amp;amp;eacute;.&lt;br /&gt;
Eh bien, je te donne ma parole d'honneur la plus sacr&amp;amp;eacute;e que, si tu t'en&lt;br /&gt;
vas, je mourrai.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Il y eut dans l'accent dont il pronon&amp;amp;ccedil;a ces paroles une m&amp;amp;eacute;lancolie si&lt;br /&gt;
solennelle et si tranquille que Cosette trembla. Elle sentit ce froid&lt;br /&gt;
que donne une chose sombre et vraie qui passe. De saisissement elle&lt;br /&gt;
cessa de pleurer.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Maintenant &amp;amp;eacute;coute, dit-il. Ne m'attends pas demain.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Pourquoi?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Ne m'attends qu'apr&amp;amp;egrave;s-demain.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Oh! pourquoi?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Tu verras.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Un jour sans te voir! mais c'est impossible.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Sacrifions un jour pour avoir peut-&amp;amp;ecirc;tre toute la vie.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Et Marius ajouta &amp;amp;agrave; demi-voix et en apart&amp;amp;eacute;:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;C'est un homme qui ne change rien &amp;amp;agrave; ses habitudes, et il n'a jamais&lt;br /&gt;
re&amp;amp;ccedil;u personne que le soir.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;De quel homme parles-tu? demanda Cosette.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Moi? je n'ai rien dit.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Qu'est-ce que tu esp&amp;amp;egrave;res donc?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Attends jusqu'&amp;amp;agrave; apr&amp;amp;egrave;s-demain.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Tu le veux?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Oui, Cosette.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Elle lui prit la t&amp;amp;ecirc;te dans ses deux mains, se haussant sur la pointe des&lt;br /&gt;
pieds pour &amp;amp;ecirc;tre &amp;amp;agrave; sa taille, et cherchant &amp;amp;agrave; voir dans ses yeux son&lt;br /&gt;
esp&amp;amp;eacute;rance.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Marius reprit:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;J'y songe, il faut que tu saches mon adresse, il peut arriver des&lt;br /&gt;
choses, on ne sait pas, je demeure chez cet ami appel&amp;amp;eacute; Courfeyrac, rue&lt;br /&gt;
de la Verrerie, num&amp;amp;eacute;ro 16.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Il fouilla dans sa poche, en tira un couteau-canif, et avec la lame&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;eacute;crivit sur le pl&amp;amp;acirc;tre du mur:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
''16, rue de la Verrerie''.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Cosette cependant s'&amp;amp;eacute;tait remise &amp;amp;agrave; lui regarder dans les yeux.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Dis-moi ta pens&amp;amp;eacute;e. Marius, tu as une pens&amp;amp;eacute;e. Dis-la-moi. Oh!&lt;br /&gt;
dis-la-moi pour que je passe une bonne nuit!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Ma pens&amp;amp;eacute;e, la voici: c'est qu'il est impossible que Dieu veuille nous&lt;br /&gt;
s&amp;amp;eacute;parer. Attends-moi apr&amp;amp;egrave;s-demain.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Qu'est-ce que je ferai jusque-l&amp;amp;agrave;? dit Cosette. Toi tu es dehors, tu&lt;br /&gt;
vas, tu viens. Comme c'est heureux, les hommes! Moi, je vais rester&lt;br /&gt;
toute seule. Oh! que je vais &amp;amp;ecirc;tre triste! Qu'est-ce que tu feras donc&lt;br /&gt;
demain soir, dis?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;J'essayerai une chose.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Alors je prierai Dieu et je penserai &amp;amp;agrave; toi d'ici l&amp;amp;agrave; pour que tu&lt;br /&gt;
r&amp;amp;eacute;ussisses. Je ne te questionne plus, puisque tu ne veux pas. Tu es mon&lt;br /&gt;
ma&amp;amp;icirc;tre. Je passerai ma soir&amp;amp;eacute;e demain &amp;amp;agrave; chanter cette musique&lt;br /&gt;
''d'Euryanthe'' que tu aimes et que tu es venu entendre un soir derri&amp;amp;egrave;re&lt;br /&gt;
mon volet. Mais apr&amp;amp;egrave;s-demain tu viendras de bonne heure. Je t'attendrai&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;agrave; la nuit, &amp;amp;agrave; neuf heures pr&amp;amp;eacute;cises, je t'en pr&amp;amp;eacute;viens. Mon Dieu! que c'est&lt;br /&gt;
triste que les jours soient longs! Tu entends, &amp;amp;agrave; neuf heures sonnant je&lt;br /&gt;
serai dans le jardin.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Et moi aussi.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Et sans se l'&amp;amp;ecirc;tre dit, mus par la m&amp;amp;ecirc;me pens&amp;amp;eacute;e, entra&amp;amp;icirc;n&amp;amp;eacute;s par ces&lt;br /&gt;
courants &amp;amp;eacute;lectriques qui mettent deux amants en communication&lt;br /&gt;
continuelle, tous deux enivr&amp;amp;eacute;s de volupt&amp;amp;eacute; jusque dans leur douleur, ils&lt;br /&gt;
tomb&amp;amp;egrave;rent dans les bras l'un de l'autre, sans s'apercevoir que leurs&lt;br /&gt;
l&amp;amp;egrave;vres s'&amp;amp;eacute;taient jointes pendant que leurs regards lev&amp;amp;eacute;s, d&amp;amp;eacute;bordant&lt;br /&gt;
d'extase et pleins de larmes, contemplaient les &amp;amp;eacute;toiles.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Quand Marius sortit, la rue &amp;amp;eacute;tait d&amp;amp;eacute;serte. C'&amp;amp;eacute;tait le moment o&amp;amp;ugrave; &amp;amp;Eacute;ponine&lt;br /&gt;
suivait les bandits jusque sur le boulevard.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Tandis que Marius r&amp;amp;ecirc;vait, la t&amp;amp;ecirc;te appuy&amp;amp;eacute;e contre l'arbre, une id&amp;amp;eacute;e lui&lt;br /&gt;
avait travers&amp;amp;eacute; l'esprit; une id&amp;amp;eacute;e, h&amp;amp;eacute;las! qu'il jugeait lui-m&amp;amp;ecirc;me&lt;br /&gt;
insens&amp;amp;eacute;e et impossible. Il avait pris un parti violent.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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==English text==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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While this sort of a dog with a human face was mounting guard over the&lt;br /&gt;
gate, and while the six ruffians were yielding to a girl, Marius was by&lt;br /&gt;
Cosette's side.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Never had the sky been more studded with stars and more charming, the&lt;br /&gt;
trees more trembling, the odor of the grass more penetrating; never had&lt;br /&gt;
the birds fallen asleep among the leaves with a sweeter noise; never had&lt;br /&gt;
all the harmonies of universal serenity responded more thoroughly to the&lt;br /&gt;
inward music of love; never had Marius been more captivated, more happy,&lt;br /&gt;
more ecstatic.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
But he had found Cosette sad; Cosette had been weeping. Her eyes were red.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
This was the first cloud in that wonderful dream.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Marius' first word had been: &amp;quot;What is the matter?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
And she had replied: &amp;quot;This.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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Then she had seated herself on the bench near the steps, and while he&lt;br /&gt;
tremblingly took his place beside her, she had continued:&amp;amp;mdash;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;My father told me this morning to hold myself in readiness, because he&lt;br /&gt;
has business, and we may go away from here.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Marius shivered from head to foot.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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When one is at the end of one's life, to die means to go away; when one is&lt;br /&gt;
at the beginning of it, to go away means to die.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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For the last six weeks, Marius had little by little, slowly, by degrees,&lt;br /&gt;
taken possession of Cosette each day. As we have already explained, in the&lt;br /&gt;
case of first love, the soul is taken long before the body; later on, one&lt;br /&gt;
takes the body long before the soul; sometimes one does not take the soul&lt;br /&gt;
at all; the Faublas and the Prudhommes add: &amp;quot;Because there is none&amp;quot;; but&lt;br /&gt;
the sarcasm is, fortunately, a blasphemy. So Marius possessed Cosette, as&lt;br /&gt;
spirits possess, but he enveloped her with all his soul, and seized her&lt;br /&gt;
jealously with incredible conviction. He possessed her smile, her breath,&lt;br /&gt;
her perfume, the profound radiance of her blue eyes, the sweetness of her&lt;br /&gt;
skin when he touched her hand, the charming mark which she had on her&lt;br /&gt;
neck, all her thoughts. Therefore, he possessed all Cosette's dreams.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
He incessantly gazed at, and he sometimes touched lightly with his breath,&lt;br /&gt;
the short locks on the nape of her neck, and he declared to himself that&lt;br /&gt;
there was not one of those short hairs which did not belong to him,&lt;br /&gt;
Marius. He gazed upon and adored the things that she wore, her knot of&lt;br /&gt;
ribbon, her gloves, her sleeves, her shoes, her cuffs, as sacred objects&lt;br /&gt;
of which he was the master. He dreamed that he was the lord of those&lt;br /&gt;
pretty shell combs which she wore in her hair, and he even said to&lt;br /&gt;
himself, in confused and suppressed stammerings of voluptuousness which&lt;br /&gt;
did not make their way to the light, that there was not a ribbon of her&lt;br /&gt;
gown, not a mesh in her stockings, not a fold in her bodice, which was not&lt;br /&gt;
his. Beside Cosette he felt himself beside his own property, his own&lt;br /&gt;
thing, his own despot and his slave. It seemed as though they had so&lt;br /&gt;
intermingled their souls, that it would have been impossible to tell them&lt;br /&gt;
apart had they wished to take them back again.&amp;amp;mdash;&amp;quot;This is mine.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;No,&lt;br /&gt;
it is mine.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;I assure you that you are mistaken. This is my property.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;What you are taking as your own is myself.&amp;quot;&amp;amp;mdash;Marius was something&lt;br /&gt;
that made a part of Cosette, and Cosette was something which made a part&lt;br /&gt;
of Marius. Marius felt Cosette within him. To have Cosette, to possess&lt;br /&gt;
Cosette, this, to him, was not to be distinguished from breathing. It was&lt;br /&gt;
in the midst of this faith, of this intoxication, of this virgin&lt;br /&gt;
possession, unprecedented and absolute, of this sovereignty, that these&lt;br /&gt;
words: &amp;quot;We are going away,&amp;quot; fell suddenly, at a blow, and that the harsh&lt;br /&gt;
voice of reality cried to him: &amp;quot;Cosette is not yours!&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Marius awoke. For six weeks Marius had been living, as we have said,&lt;br /&gt;
outside of life; those words, going away! caused him to re-enter it&lt;br /&gt;
harshly.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
He found not a word to say. Cosette merely felt that his hand was very&lt;br /&gt;
cold. She said to him in her turn: &amp;quot;What is the matter?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
He replied in so low a tone that Cosette hardly heard him:&amp;amp;mdash;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;I did not understand what you said.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
She began again:&amp;amp;mdash;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;This morning my father told me to settle all my little affairs and to&lt;br /&gt;
hold myself in readiness, that he would give me his linen to put in a&lt;br /&gt;
trunk, that he was obliged to go on a journey, that we were to go away,&lt;br /&gt;
that it is necessary to have a large trunk for me and a small one for him,&lt;br /&gt;
and that all is to be ready in a week from now, and that we might go to&lt;br /&gt;
England.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;But this is outrageous!&amp;quot; exclaimed Marius.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
It is certain, that, at that moment, no abuse of power, no violence, not&lt;br /&gt;
one of the abominations of the worst tyrants, no action of Busiris, of&lt;br /&gt;
Tiberius, or of Henry VIII., could have equalled this in atrocity, in the&lt;br /&gt;
opinion of Marius; M. Fauchelevent taking his daughter off to England&lt;br /&gt;
because he had business there.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
He demanded in a weak voice:&amp;amp;mdash;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;And when do you start?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;He did not say when.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;And when shall you return?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;He did not say when.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Marius rose and said coldly:&amp;amp;mdash;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Cosette, shall you go?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Cosette turned toward him her beautiful eyes, all filled with anguish, and&lt;br /&gt;
replied in a sort of bewilderment:&amp;amp;mdash;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Where?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;To England. Shall you go?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Why do you say you to me?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;I ask you whether you will go?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;What do you expect me to do?&amp;quot; she said, clasping her hands.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;So, you will go?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;If my father goes.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;So, you will go?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Cosette took Marius' hand, and pressed it without replying.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Very well,&amp;quot; said Marius, &amp;quot;then I will go elsewhere.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Cosette felt rather than understood the meaning of these words. She turned&lt;br /&gt;
so pale that her face shone white through the gloom. She stammered:&amp;amp;mdash;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;What do you mean?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Marius looked at her, then raised his eyes to heaven, and answered:&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Nothing.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
When his eyes fell again, he saw Cosette smiling at him. The smile of a&lt;br /&gt;
woman whom one loves possesses a visible radiance, even at night.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;How silly we are! Marius, I have an idea.&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;If we go away, do you go too! I will tell you where! Come and join me&lt;br /&gt;
wherever I am.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Marius was now a thoroughly roused man. He had fallen back into reality.&lt;br /&gt;
He cried to Cosette:&amp;amp;mdash;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Go away with you! Are you mad? Why, I should have to have money, and I&lt;br /&gt;
have none! Go to England? But I am in debt now, I owe, I don't know how&lt;br /&gt;
much, more than ten louis to Courfeyrac, one of my friends with whom you&lt;br /&gt;
are not acquainted! I have an old hat which is not worth three francs, I&lt;br /&gt;
have a coat which lacks buttons in front, my shirt is all ragged, my&lt;br /&gt;
elbows are torn, my boots let in the water; for the last six weeks I have&lt;br /&gt;
not thought about it, and I have not told you about it. You only see me at&lt;br /&gt;
night, and you give me your love; if you were to see me in the daytime,&lt;br /&gt;
you would give me a sou! Go to England! Eh! I haven't enough to pay for a&lt;br /&gt;
passport!&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
He threw himself against a tree which was close at hand, erect, his brow&lt;br /&gt;
pressed close to the bark, feeling neither the wood which flayed his skin,&lt;br /&gt;
nor the fever which was throbbing in his temples, and there he stood&lt;br /&gt;
motionless, on the point of falling, like the statue of despair.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
He remained a long time thus. One could remain for eternity in such&lt;br /&gt;
abysses. At last he turned round. He heard behind him a faint stifled&lt;br /&gt;
noise, which was sweet yet sad.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
It was Cosette sobbing.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
She had been weeping for more than two hours beside Marius as he&lt;br /&gt;
meditated.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
He came to her, fell at her knees, and slowly prostrating himself, he took&lt;br /&gt;
the tip of her foot which peeped out from beneath her robe, and kissed it.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
She let him have his way in silence. There are moments when a woman&lt;br /&gt;
accepts, like a sombre and resigned goddess, the religion of love.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Do not weep,&amp;quot; he said.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
She murmured:&amp;amp;mdash;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Not when I may be going away, and you cannot come!&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
He went on:&amp;amp;mdash;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Do you love me?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
She replied, sobbing, by that word from paradise which is never more&lt;br /&gt;
charming than amid tears:&amp;amp;mdash;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;I adore you!&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
He continued in a tone which was an indescribable caress:&amp;amp;mdash;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Do not weep. Tell me, will you do this for me, and cease to weep?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Do you love me?&amp;quot; said she.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
He took her hand.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Cosette, I have never given my word of honor to any one, because my word&lt;br /&gt;
of honor terrifies me. I feel that my father is by my side. Well, I give&lt;br /&gt;
you my most sacred word of honor, that if you go away I shall die.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
In the tone with which he uttered these words there lay a melancholy so&lt;br /&gt;
solemn and so tranquil, that Cosette trembled. She felt that chill which&lt;br /&gt;
is produced by a true and gloomy thing as it passes by. The shock made her&lt;br /&gt;
cease weeping.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Now, listen,&amp;quot; said he, &amp;quot;do not expect me to-morrow.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Why?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;Do not expect me until the day after to-morrow.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;Oh! Why?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;You will see.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;A day without seeing you! But that is impossible!&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;Let us sacrifice one day in order to gain our whole lives, perhaps.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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And Marius added in a low tone and in an aside:&amp;amp;mdash;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;He is a man who never changes his habits, and he has never received any&lt;br /&gt;
one except in the evening.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;Of what man are you speaking?&amp;quot; asked Cosette.&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;I? I said nothing.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;What do you hope, then?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;Wait until the day after to-morrow.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;You wish it?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;Yes, Cosette.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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She took his head in both her hands, raising herself on tiptoe in order to&lt;br /&gt;
be on a level with him, and tried to read his hope in his eyes.&lt;br /&gt;
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Marius resumed:&amp;amp;mdash;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;Now that I think of it, you ought to know my address: something might&lt;br /&gt;
happen, one never knows; I live with that friend named Courfeyrac, Rue de&lt;br /&gt;
la Verrerie, No. 16.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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He searched in his pocket, pulled out his penknife, and with the blade he&lt;br /&gt;
wrote on the plaster of the wall:&amp;amp;mdash;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;16 Rue de la Verrerie.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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In the meantime, Cosette had begun to gaze into his eyes once more.&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;Tell me your thought, Marius; you have some idea. Tell it to me. Oh! tell&lt;br /&gt;
me, so that I may pass a pleasant night.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;This is my idea: that it is impossible that God should mean to part us.&lt;br /&gt;
Wait; expect me the day after to-morrow.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;What shall I do until then?&amp;quot; said Cosette. &amp;quot;You are outside, you go, and&lt;br /&gt;
come! How happy men are! I shall remain entirely alone! Oh! How sad I&lt;br /&gt;
shall be! What is it that you are going to do to-morrow evening? tell me.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;I am going to try something.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;Then I will pray to God and I will think of you here, so that you may be&lt;br /&gt;
successful. I will question you no further, since you do not wish it. You&lt;br /&gt;
are my master. I shall pass the evening to-morrow in singing that music&lt;br /&gt;
from Euryanthe that you love, and that you came one evening to listen to,&lt;br /&gt;
outside my shutters. But day after to-morrow you will come early. I shall&lt;br /&gt;
expect you at dusk, at nine o'clock precisely, I warn you. Mon Dieu! how&lt;br /&gt;
sad it is that the days are so long! On the stroke of nine, do you&lt;br /&gt;
understand, I shall be in the garden.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;And I also.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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And without having uttered it, moved by the same thought, impelled by&lt;br /&gt;
those electric currents which place lovers in continual communication,&lt;br /&gt;
both being intoxicated with delight even in their sorrow, they fell into&lt;br /&gt;
each other's arms, without perceiving that their lips met while their&lt;br /&gt;
uplifted eyes, overflowing with rapture and full of tears, gazed upon the&lt;br /&gt;
stars.&lt;br /&gt;
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When Marius went forth, the street was deserted. This was the moment when&lt;br /&gt;
Eponine was following the ruffians to the boulevard.&lt;br /&gt;
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While Marius had been dreaming with his head pressed to the tree, an idea&lt;br /&gt;
had crossed his mind; an idea, alas! that he himself judged to be&lt;br /&gt;
senseless and impossible. He had come to a desperate decision.&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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