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Les MisérablesCHAPTER XI—CHRISTUS NOS LIBERAVIT

ContentsLes MisérablesChapter 1CHAPTER I—M. MYRIEL Chapter 2CHAPTER II—M. MYRIEL BECOMES M. WELCOME Chapter 3CHAPTER III—A HARD BISHOPRIC FOR A GOOD BISHOP Chapter 4CHAPTER IV—WORKS CORRESPONDING TO WORDS Chapter 5CHAPTER V—MONSEIGNEUR BIENVENU MADE HIS CASSOCKS LAST TOO LONG Chapter 6CHAPTER VI—WHO GUARDED HIS HOUSE FOR HIM Chapter 7CHAPTER VII—CRAVATTE Chapter 8CHAPTER VIII—PHILOSOPHY AFTER DRINKING Chapter 9CHAPTER IX—THE BROTHER AS DEPICTED BY THE SISTER Chapter 10CHAPTER X—THE BISHOP IN THE PRESENCE OF AN UNKNOWN LIGHT Chapter 11CHAPTER XI—A RESTRICTION Chapter 12CHAPTER XII—THE SOLITUDE OF MONSEIGNEUR WELCOME Chapter 13CHAPTER XIII—WHAT HE BELIEVED Chapter 14CHAPTER XIV—WHAT HE THOUGHT Chapter 15CHAPTER I—THE EVENING OF A DAY OF WALKING Chapter 16CHAPTER II—PRUDENCE COUNSELLED TO WISDOM.Chapter 17CHAPTER III—THE HEROISM OF PASSIVE OBEDIENCE.Chapter 18CHAPTER IV—DETAILS CONCERNING THE CHEESE-DAIRIES OF PONTARLIER.Chapter 19CHAPTER V—TRANQUILLITY Chapter 20CHAPTER VI—JEAN VALJEAN Chapter 21CHAPTER VII—THE INTERIOR OF DESPAIR Chapter 22CHAPTER VIII—BILLOWS AND SHADOWS Chapter 23CHAPTER IX—NEW TROUBLES Chapter 24CHAPTER X—THE MAN AROUSED Chapter 25CHAPTER XI—WHAT HE DOES Chapter 26CHAPTER XII—THE BISHOP WORKS Chapter 27CHAPTER XIII—LITTLE GERVAIS Chapter 28CHAPTER I—THE YEAR 1817 Chapter 29CHAPTER II—A DOUBLE QUARTETTE Chapter 30CHAPTER III—FOUR AND FOUR Chapter 31CHAPTER IV—THOLOMYÈS IS SO MERRY THAT HE SINGS A SPANISH DITTY Chapter 32CHAPTER V—AT BOMBARDA’S Chapter 33CHAPTER VI—A CHAPTER IN WHICH THEY ADORE EACH OTHER Chapter 34CHAPTER VII—THE WISDOM OF THOLOMYÈS Chapter 35CHAPTER VIII—THE DEATH OF A HORSE Chapter 36CHAPTER IX—A MERRY END TO MIRTH Chapter 37CHAPTER I—ONE MOTHER MEETS ANOTHER MOTHER Chapter 38CHAPTER II—FIRST SKETCH OF TWO UNPREPOSSESSING FIGURES Chapter 39CHAPTER III—THE LARK Chapter 40CHAPTER I—THE HISTORY OF A PROGRESS IN BLACK GLASS TRINKETS Chapter 41CHAPTER II—MADELEINE Chapter 42CHAPTER III—SUMS DEPOSITED WITH LAFFITTE Chapter 43CHAPTER IV—M. MADELEINE IN MOURNING Chapter 44CHAPTER V—VAGUE FLASHES ON THE HORIZON Chapter 45CHAPTER VI—FATHER FAUCHELEVENT Chapter 46CHAPTER VII—FAUCHELEVENT BECOMES A GARDENER IN PARIS Chapter 47CHAPTER VIII—MADAME VICTURNIEN EXPENDS THIRTY FRANCS ON MORALITY Chapter 48CHAPTER IX—MADAME VICTURNIEN’S SUCCESS Chapter 49CHAPTER X—RESULT OF THE SUCCESS Chapter 50CHAPTER XI—CHRISTUS NOS LIBERAVIT Chapter 51CHAPTER XII—M. BAMATABOIS’S INACTIVITY Chapter 52CHAPTER XIII—THE SOLUTION OF SOME QUESTIONS CONNECTED WITH THE Chapter 53CHAPTER I—THE BEGINNING OF REPOSE Chapter 54CHAPTER II—HOW JEAN MAY BECOME CHAMP Chapter 55CHAPTER I—SISTER SIMPLICE Chapter 56CHAPTER II—THE PERSPICACITY OF MASTER SCAUFFLAIRE Chapter 57CHAPTER III—A TEMPEST IN A SKULL Chapter 58CHAPTER IV—FORMS ASSUMED BY SUFFERING DURING SLEEP Chapter 59CHAPTER V—HINDRANCES Chapter 60CHAPTER VI—SISTER SIMPLICE PUT TO THE PROOF Chapter 61CHAPTER VII—THE TRAVELLER ON HIS ARRIVAL TAKES PRECAUTIONS FOR Chapter 62CHAPTER VIII—AN ENTRANCE BY FAVOR Chapter 63CHAPTER IX—A PLACE WHERE CONVICTIONS ARE IN PROCESS OF FORMATION Chapter 64CHAPTER X—THE SYSTEM OF DENIALS Chapter 65CHAPTER XI—CHAMPMATHIEU MORE AND MORE ASTONISHED Chapter 66CHAPTER I—IN WHAT MIRROR M. MADELEINE CONTEMPLATES HIS HAIR Chapter 67CHAPTER II—FANTINE HAPPY Chapter 68CHAPTER III—JAVERT SATISFIED Chapter 69CHAPTER IV—AUTHORITY REASSERTS ITS RIGHTS Chapter 70CHAPTER V—A SUITABLE TOMB Chapter 71CHAPTER I—WHAT IS MET WITH ON THE WAY FROM NIVELLES Chapter 72CHAPTER II—HOUGOMONT Chapter 73CHAPTER III—THE EIGHTEENTH OF JUNE, 1815 Chapter 74CHAPTER IV—A Chapter 75CHAPTER V—THE QUID OBSCURUM OF BATTLES Chapter 76CHAPTER VI—FOUR O’CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON Chapter 77CHAPTER VII—NAPOLEON IN A GOOD HUMOR Chapter 78CHAPTER VIII—THE EMPEROR PUTS A QUESTION TO THE GUIDE LACOSTE Chapter 79CHAPTER IX—THE UNEXPECTED Chapter 80CHAPTER X—THE PLATEAU OF MONT-SAINT-JEAN Chapter 81CHAPTER XI—A BAD GUIDE TO NAPOLEON; A GOOD GUIDE TO BÜLOW Chapter 82CHAPTER XII—THE GUARD Chapter 83CHAPTER XIII—THE CATASTROPHE Chapter 84CHAPTER XIV—THE LAST SQUARE Chapter 85CHAPTER XV—CAMBRONNE Chapter 86CHAPTER XVI—QUOT LIBRAS IN DUCE?Chapter 87CHAPTER XVII—IS WATERLOO TO BE CONSIDERED GOOD?Chapter 88CHAPTER XVIII—A RECRUDESCENCE OF DIVINE RIGHT Chapter 89CHAPTER XIX—THE BATTLE-FIELD AT NIGHT Chapter 90CHAPTER I—NUMBER 24,601 BECOMES NUMBER 9,430 Chapter 91CHAPTER II—IN WHICH THE READER WILL PERUSE TWO VERSES, WHICH ARE OF THE Chapter 92CHAPTER III—THE ANKLE-CHAIN MUST HAVE UNDERGONE A CERTAIN PREPARATORY Chapter 93CHAPTER I—THE WATER QUESTION AT MONTFERMEIL Chapter 94CHAPTER II—TWO COMPLETE PORTRAITS Chapter 95CHAPTER III—MEN MUST HAVE WINE, AND HORSES MUST HAVE WATER Chapter 96CHAPTER IV—ENTRANCE ON THE SCENE OF A DOLL Chapter 97CHAPTER V—THE LITTLE ONE ALL ALONE Chapter 98CHAPTER VI—WHICH POSSIBLY PROVES BOULATRUELLE’S INTELLIGENCE Chapter 99CHAPTER VII—COSETTE SIDE BY SIDE WITH THE STRANGER IN THE DARK Chapter 100CHAPTER VIII—THE UNPLEASANTNESS OF RECEIVING INTO ONE’S HOUSE A POOR Chapter 101CHAPTER IX— THÉNARDIER AND HIS MANŒUVRES Chapter 102CHAPTER X—HE WHO SEEKS TO BETTER HIMSELF MAY RENDER HIS SITUATION WORSE Chapter 103CHAPTER XI—NUMBER 9,430 REAPPEARS, AND COSETTE WINS IT IN THE LOTTERY Chapter 104CHAPTER I—MASTER GORBEAU Chapter 105CHAPTER II—A NEST FOR OWL AND A WARBLER Chapter 106CHAPTER III—TWO MISFORTUNES MAKE ONE PIECE OF GOOD FORTUNE Chapter 107CHAPTER IV—THE REMARKS OF THE PRINCIPAL TENANT Chapter 108CHAPTER V—A FIVE-FRANC PIECE FALLS ON THE GROUND AND PRODUCES A TUMULT Chapter 109CHAPTER I—THE ZIGZAGS OF STRATEGY Chapter 110CHAPTER II—IT IS LUCKY THAT THE PONT D’AUSTERLITZ BEARS CARRIAGES Chapter 111CHAPTER III—TO WIT, THE PLAN OF PARIS IN 1727 Chapter 112CHAPTER IV—THE GROPINGS OF FLIGHT Chapter 113CHAPTER V—WHICH WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE WITH GAS LANTERNS Chapter 114CHAPTER VI—THE BEGINNING OF AN ENIGMA Chapter 115CHAPTER VII—CONTINUATION OF THE ENIGMA Chapter 116CHAPTER VIII—THE ENIGMA BECOMES DOUBLY MYSTERIOUS Chapter 117CHAPTER IX—THE MAN WITH THE BELL Chapter 118CHAPTER X—WHICH EXPLAINS HOW JAVERT GOT ON THE SCENT Chapter 119CHAPTER I—NUMBER 62 RUE PETIT-PICPUS Chapter 120CHAPTER II—THE OBEDIENCE OF MARTIN VERGA Chapter 121CHAPTER III—AUSTERITIES Chapter 122CHAPTER IV—GAYETIES Chapter 123CHAPTER V—DISTRACTIONS Chapter 124CHAPTER VI—THE LITTLE CONVENT Chapter 125CHAPTER VII—SOME SILHOUETTES OF THIS DARKNESS Chapter 126CHAPTER VIII—POST CORDA LAPIDES Chapter 127CHAPTER IX—A CENTURY UNDER A GUIMPE Chapter 128CHAPTER X—ORIGIN OF THE PERPETUAL ADORATION Chapter 129CHAPTER XI—END OF THE PETIT-PICPUS Chapter 130CHAPTER I—THE CONVENT AS AN ABSTRACT IDEA Chapter 131CHAPTER II—THE CONVENT AS AN HISTORICAL FACT Chapter 132CHAPTER III—ON WHAT CONDITIONS ONE CAN RESPECT THE PAST Chapter 133CHAPTER IV—THE CONVENT FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF PRINCIPLES Chapter 134CHAPTER V—PRAYER Chapter 135CHAPTER VI—THE ABSOLUTE GOODNESS OF PRAYER Chapter 136CHAPTER VII—PRECAUTIONS TO BE OBSERVED IN BLAME Chapter 137CHAPTER VIII—FAITH, LAW Chapter 138CHAPTER I—WHICH TREATS OF THE MANNER OF ENTERING A CONVENT Chapter 139CHAPTER II—FAUCHELEVENT IN THE PRESENCE OF A DIFFICULTY Chapter 140CHAPTER III—MOTHER INNOCENTE Chapter 141CHAPTER IV—IN WHICH JEAN VALJEAN HAS QUITE THE AIR OF HAVING READ Chapter 142CHAPTER V—IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO BE DRUNK IN ORDER TO BE IMMORTAL Chapter 143CHAPTER VI—BETWEEN FOUR PLANKS Chapter 144CHAPTER VII—IN WHICH WILL BE FOUND THE ORIGIN OF THE SAYING: DON’T LOSE Chapter 145CHAPTER VIII—A SUCCESSFUL INTERROGATORY Chapter 146CHAPTER IX—CLOISTERED Chapter 147CHAPTER I—PARVULUS Chapter 148CHAPTER II—SOME OF HIS PARTICULAR CHARACTERISTICS Chapter 149CHAPTER III—HE IS AGREEABLE Chapter 150CHAPTER IV—HE MAY BE OF USE Chapter 151CHAPTER V—HIS FRONTIERS Chapter 152CHAPTER VI—A BIT OF HISTORY Chapter 153CHAPTER VII—THE GAMIN SHOULD HAVE HIS PLACE IN THE CLASSIFICATIONS OF Chapter 154CHAPTER VIII—IN WHICH THE READER WILL FIND A CHARMING SAYING OF THE Chapter 155CHAPTER IX—THE OLD SOUL OF GAUL Chapter 156CHAPTER X—ECCE PARIS, ECCE HOMO Chapter 157CHAPTER XI—TO SCOFF, TO REIGN Chapter 158CHAPTER XII—THE FUTURE LATENT IN THE PEOPLE Chapter 159CHAPTER XIII—LITTLE GAVROCHE Chapter 160CHAPTER I—NINETY YEARS AND THIRTY-TWO TEETH Chapter 161CHAPTER II—LIKE MASTER, LIKE HOUSE Chapter 162CHAPTER III—LUC-ESPRIT Chapter 163CHAPTER IV—A CENTENARIAN ASPIRANT Chapter 164CHAPTER V—BASQUE AND NICOLETTE Chapter 165CHAPTER VI—IN WHICH MAGNON AND HER TWO CHILDREN ARE SEEN Chapter 166CHAPTER VII—RULE: RECEIVE NO ONE EXCEPT IN THE EVENING Chapter 167CHAPTER VIII—TWO DO NOT MAKE A PAIR Chapter 168CHAPTER I—AN ANCIENT SALON Chapter 169CHAPTER II—ONE OF THE RED SPECTRES OF THAT EPOCH Chapter 170CHAPTER III—REQUIESCANT Chapter 171CHAPTER IV—END OF THE BRIGAND Chapter 172CHAPTER V—THE UTILITY OF GOING TO MASS, IN ORDER TO BECOME A Chapter 173CHAPTER VI—THE CONSEQUENCES OF HAVING MET A WARDEN Chapter 174CHAPTER VII—SOME PETTICOAT Chapter 175CHAPTER VIII—MARBLE AGAINST GRANITE Chapter 176CHAPTER I—A GROUP WHICH BARELY MISSED BECOMING HISTORIC Chapter 177CHAPTER II—BLONDEAU’S FUNERAL ORATION BY BOSSUET Chapter 178CHAPTER III—MARIUS’ ASTONISHMENTS Chapter 179CHAPTER IV—THE BACK ROOM OF THE CAFÉ MUSAIN Chapter 180CHAPTER V—ENLARGEMENT OF HORIZON Chapter 181CHAPTER VI—RES ANGUSTA Chapter 182CHAPTER I—MARIUS INDIGENT Chapter 183CHAPTER II—MARIUS POOR Chapter 184CHAPTER III—MARIUS GROWN UP Chapter 185CHAPTER IV—M. MABEUF Chapter 186CHAPTER V—POVERTY A GOOD NEIGHBOR FOR MISERY Chapter 187CHAPTER VI—THE SUBSTITUTE Chapter 188CHAPTER I—THE SOBRIQUET: MODE OF FORMATION OF FAMILY NAMES Chapter 189CHAPTER II—LUX FACTA EST Chapter 190CHAPTER III—EFFECT OF THE SPRING Chapter 191CHAPTER IV—BEGINNING OF A GREAT MALADY Chapter 192CHAPTER V—DIVERS CLAPS OF THUNDER FALL ON MA’AM BOUGON Chapter 193CHAPTER VI—TAKEN PRISONER Chapter 194CHAPTER VII—ADVENTURES OF THE LETTER U DELIVERED OVER TO CONJECTURES Chapter 195CHAPTER VIII—THE VETERANS THEMSELVES CAN BE HAPPY Chapter 196CHAPTER IX—ECLIPSE Chapter 197CHAPTER I—MINES AND MINERS Chapter 198CHAPTER II—THE LOWEST DEPTHS Chapter 199CHAPTER III—BABET, GUEULEMER, CLAQUESOUS, AND MONTPARNASSE Chapter 200CHAPTER IV—COMPOSITION OF THE TROUPE Chapter 201CHAPTER I—MARIUS, WHILE SEEKING A GIRL IN A BONNET, ENCOUNTERS A MAN IN Chapter 202CHAPTER II—TREASURE TROVE Chapter 203CHAPTER III—QUADRIFRONS Chapter 204CHAPTER IV—A ROSE IN MISERY Chapter 205CHAPTER V—A PROVIDENTIAL PEEP-HOLE Chapter 206CHAPTER VI—THE WILD MAN IN HIS LAIR Chapter 207CHAPTER VII—STRATEGY AND TACTICS Chapter 208CHAPTER VIII—THE RAY OF LIGHT IN THE HOVEL Chapter 209CHAPTER IX—JONDRETTE COMES NEAR WEEPING Chapter 210CHAPTER X—TARIFF OF LICENSED CABS: TWO FRANCS AN HOUR Chapter 211CHAPTER XI—OFFERS OF SERVICE FROM MISERY TO WRETCHEDNESS Chapter 212CHAPTER XII—THE USE MADE OF M. LEBLANC’S FIVE-FRANC PIECE Chapter 213CHAPTER XIII—SOLUS CUM SOLO, IN LOCO REMOTO, NON COGITABUNTUR ORARE Chapter 214CHAPTER XIV—IN WHICH A POLICE AGENT BESTOWS TWO FISTFULS ON A LAWYER Chapter 215CHAPTER XV—JONDRETTE MAKES HIS PURCHASES Chapter 216CHAPTER XVI—IN WHICH WILL BE FOUND THE WORDS TO AN ENGLISH AIR WHICH Chapter 217CHAPTER XVII—THE USE MADE OF MARIUS’ FIVE-FRANC PIECE Chapter 218CHAPTER XVIII—MARIUS’ TWO CHAIRS FORM A VIS-A-VIS Chapter 219CHAPTER XIX—OCCUPYING ONE’S SELF WITH OBSCURE DEPTHS Chapter 220CHAPTER XX—THE TRAP Chapter 221CHAPTER XXI—ONE SHOULD ALWAYS BEGIN BY ARRESTING THE VICTIMS Chapter 222CHAPTER XXII—THE LITTLE ONE WHO WAS CRYING IN VOLUME TWO Chapter 223CHAPTER I—WELL CUT Chapter 224CHAPTER II—BADLY SEWED Chapter 225CHAPTER III—LOUIS PHILIPPE Chapter 226CHAPTER IV—CRACKS BENEATH THE FOUNDATION Chapter 227CHAPTER V—FACTS WHENCE HISTORY SPRINGS AND WHICH HISTORY IGNORES Chapter 228CHAPTER VI—ENJOLRAS AND HIS LIEUTENANTS Chapter 229CHAPTER I—THE LARK’S MEADOW Chapter 230CHAPTER II—EMBRYONIC FORMATION OF CRIMES IN THE INCUBATION OF PRISONS Chapter 231CHAPTER III—APPARITION TO FATHER MABEUF Chapter 232CHAPTER IV—AN APPARITION TO MARIUS Chapter 233CHAPTER I—THE HOUSE WITH A SECRET Chapter 234CHAPTER II—JEAN VALJEAN AS A NATIONAL GUARD Chapter 235CHAPTER III—FOLIIS AC FRONDIBUS Chapter 236CHAPTER IV—CHANGE OF GATE Chapter 237CHAPTER V—THE ROSE PERCEIVES THAT IT IS AN ENGINE OF WAR Chapter 238CHAPTER VI—THE BATTLE BEGUN Chapter 239CHAPTER VII—TO ONE SADNESS OPPOSE A SADNESS AND A HALF Chapter 240CHAPTER VIII—THE CHAIN-GANG Chapter 241CHAPTER I—A WOUND WITHOUT, HEALING WITHIN Chapter 242CHAPTER II—MOTHER PLUTARQUE FINDS NO DIFFICULTY IN EXPLAINING A Chapter 243CHAPTER I—SOLITUDE AND THE BARRACKS COMBINED Chapter 244CHAPTER II—COSETTE’S APPREHENSIONS Chapter 245CHAPTER III—ENRICHED WITH COMMENTARIES BY TOUSSAINT Chapter 246CHAPTER IV—A HEART BENEATH A STONE Chapter 247CHAPTER V—COSETTE AFTER THE LETTER Chapter 248CHAPTER VI—OLD PEOPLE ARE MADE TO GO OUT OPPORTUNELY Chapter 249CHAPTER I—THE MALICIOUS PLAYFULNESS OF THE WIND Chapter 250CHAPTER II—IN WHICH LITTLE GAVROCHE EXTRACTS PROFIT FROM NAPOLEON THE Chapter 251CHAPTER III—THE VICISSITUDES OF FLIGHT Chapter 252CHAPTER I—ORIGIN Chapter 253CHAPTER II—ROOTS Chapter 254CHAPTER III—SLANG WHICH WEEPS AND SLANG WHICH LAUGHS Chapter 255CHAPTER IV—THE TWO DUTIES: TO WATCH AND TO HOPE Chapter 256CHAPTER I—FULL LIGHT Chapter 257CHAPTER II—THE BEWILDERMENT OF PERFECT HAPPINESS Chapter 258CHAPTER III—THE BEGINNING OF SHADOW Chapter 259CHAPTER IV—A CAB RUNS IN ENGLISH AND BARKS IN SLANG Chapter 260CHAPTER V—THINGS OF THE NIGHT Chapter 261CHAPTER VI—MARIUS BECOMES PRACTICAL ONCE MORE TO THE EXTENT OF GIVING Chapter 262CHAPTER VII—THE OLD HEART AND THE YOUNG HEART IN THE PRESENCE OF EACH Chapter 263CHAPTER I—JEAN VALJEAN Chapter 264CHAPTER II—MARIUS Chapter 265CHAPTER III—M. MABEUF Chapter 266CHAPTER I—THE SURFACE OF THE QUESTION Chapter 267CHAPTER II—THE ROOT OF THE MATTER Chapter 268CHAPTER III—A BURIAL; AN OCCASION TO BE BORN AGAIN Chapter 269CHAPTER IV—THE EBULLITIONS OF FORMER DAYS Chapter 270CHAPTER V—ORIGINALITY OF PARIS Chapter 271CHAPTER I—SOME EXPLANATIONS WITH REGARD TO THE ORIGIN OF GAVROCHE’S Chapter 272CHAPTER II—GAVROCHE ON THE MARCH Chapter 273CHAPTER III—JUST INDIGNATION OF A HAIR-DRESSER Chapter 274CHAPTER IV—THE CHILD IS AMAZED AT THE OLD MAN Chapter 275CHAPTER V—THE OLD MAN Chapter 276CHAPTER VI—RECRUITS Chapter 277CHAPTER I—HISTORY OF CORINTHE FROM ITS FOUNDATION Chapter 278CHAPTER II—PRELIMINARY GAYETIES Chapter 279CHAPTER III—NIGHT BEGINS TO DESCEND UPON GRANTAIRE Chapter 280CHAPTER IV—AN ATTEMPT TO CONSOLE THE WIDOW HUCHELOUP Chapter 281CHAPTER V—PREPARATIONS Chapter 282CHAPTER VI—WAITING Chapter 283CHAPTER VII—THE MAN RECRUITED IN THE RUE DES BILLETTES Chapter 284CHAPTER VIII—MANY INTERROGATION POINTS WITH REGARD TO A CERTAIN LE Chapter 285CHAPTER I—FROM THE RUE PLUMET TO THE QUARTIER SAINT-DENIS Chapter 286CHAPTER II—AN OWL’S VIEW OF PARIS Chapter 287CHAPTER III—THE EXTREME EDGE Chapter 288CHAPTER I—THE FLAG: ACT FIRST Chapter 289CHAPTER II—THE FLAG: ACT SECOND Chapter 290CHAPTER III—GAVROCHE WOULD HAVE DONE BETTER TO ACCEPT ENJOLRAS’ CARBINE Chapter 291CHAPTER IV—THE BARREL OF POWDER Chapter 292CHAPTER V—END OF THE VERSES OF JEAN PROUVAIRE Chapter 293CHAPTER VI—THE AGONY OF DEATH AFTER THE AGONY OF LIFE Chapter 294CHAPTER VII—GAVROCHE AS A PROFOUND CALCULATOR OF DISTANCES Chapter 295CHAPTER I—A DRINKER IS A BABBLER Chapter 296CHAPTER II—THE STREET URCHIN AN ENEMY OF LIGHT Chapter 297CHAPTER III—WHILE COSETTE AND TOUSSAINT ARE ASLEEP Chapter 298CHAPTER IV—GAVROCHE’S EXCESS OF ZEAL Chapter 299CHAPTER I—THE CHARYBDIS OF THE FAUBOURG SAINT ANTOINE AND THE SCYLLA OF Chapter 300CHAPTER II—WHAT IS TO BE DONE IN THE ABYSS IF ONE DOES NOT CONVERSE Chapter 301CHAPTER III—LIGHT AND SHADOW Chapter 302CHAPTER IV—MINUS FIVE, PLUS ONE Chapter 303CHAPTER V—THE HORIZON WHICH ONE BEHOLDS FROM THE SUMMIT OF A BARRICADE Chapter 304CHAPTER VI—MARIUS HAGGARD, JAVERT LACONIC Chapter 305CHAPTER VII—THE SITUATION BECOMES AGGRAVATED Chapter 306CHAPTER VIII—THE ARTILLERY-MEN COMPEL PEOPLE TO TAKE THEM SERIOUSLY Chapter 307CHAPTER IX—EMPLOYMENT OF THE OLD TALENTS OF A POACHER AND THAT Chapter 308CHAPTER X—DAWN Chapter 309CHAPTER XI—THE SHOT WHICH MISSES NOTHING AND KILLS NO ONE Chapter 310CHAPTER XII—DISORDER A PARTISAN OF ORDER Chapter 311CHAPTER XIII—PASSING GLEAMS Chapter 312CHAPTER XIV—WHEREIN WILL APPEAR THE NAME OF ENJOLRAS’ MISTRESS Chapter 313CHAPTER XV—GAVROCHE OUTSIDE Chapter 314CHAPTER XVI—HOW FROM A BROTHER ONE BECOMES A FATHER Chapter 315CHAPTER XVII—MORTUUS PATER FILIUM MORITURUM EXPECTAT Chapter 316CHAPTER XVIII—THE VULTURE BECOME PREY Chapter 317CHAPTER XIX—JEAN VALJEAN TAKES HIS REVENGE Chapter 318CHAPTER XX—THE DEAD ARE IN THE RIGHT AND THE LIVING ARE NOT IN THE Chapter 319CHAPTER XXI—THE HEROES Chapter 320CHAPTER XXII—FOOT TO FOOT Chapter 321CHAPTER XXIII—ORESTES FASTING AND PYLADES DRUNK Chapter 322CHAPTER XXIV—PRISONER Chapter 323CHAPTER I—THE LAND IMPOVERISHED BY THE SEA Chapter 324CHAPTER II—ANCIENT HISTORY OF THE SEWER Chapter 325CHAPTER III—BRUNESEAU Chapter 326CHAPTER IV Chapter 327CHAPTER V—PRESENT PROGRESS Chapter 328CHAPTER VI—FUTURE PROGRESS Chapter 329CHAPTER I—THE SEWER AND ITS SURPRISES Chapter 330CHAPTER II—EXPLANATION Chapter 331CHAPTER III—THE “SPUN” MAN Chapter 332CHAPTER IV—HE ALSO BEARS HIS CROSS Chapter 333CHAPTER V—IN THE CASE OF SAND AS IN THAT OF WOMAN, THERE IS A FINENESS Chapter 334CHAPTER VI—THE FONTIS Chapter 335CHAPTER VII—ONE SOMETIMES RUNS AGROUND WHEN ONE FANCIES THAT ONE IS Chapter 336CHAPTER VIII—THE TORN COAT-TAIL Chapter 337CHAPTER IX—MARIUS PRODUCES ON SOME ONE WHO IS A JUDGE OF THE MATTER,Chapter 338CHAPTER X—RETURN OF THE SON WHO WAS PRODIGAL OF HIS LIFE Chapter 339CHAPTER XI—CONCUSSION IN THE ABSOLUTE Chapter 340CHAPTER XII—THE GRANDFATHER Chapter 341CHAPTER I Chapter 342CHAPTER I—IN WHICH THE TREE WITH THE ZINC PLASTER APPEARS AGAIN Chapter 343CHAPTER II—MARIUS, EMERGING FROM CIVIL WAR, MAKES READY FOR DOMESTIC Chapter 344CHAPTER III—MARIUS ATTACKED Chapter 345CHAPTER IV—MADEMOISELLE GILLENORMAND ENDS BY NO LONGER THINKING IT A Chapter 346CHAPTER V—DEPOSIT YOUR MONEY IN A FOREST RATHER THAN WITH A NOTARY Chapter 347CHAPTER VI—THE TWO OLD MEN DO EVERYTHING, EACH ONE AFTER HIS OWN Chapter 348CHAPTER VII—THE EFFECTS OF DREAMS MINGLED WITH HAPPINESS Chapter 349CHAPTER VIII—TWO MEN IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND Chapter 350CHAPTER I—THE 16TH OF FEBRUARY, 1833 Chapter 351CHAPTER II—JEAN VALJEAN STILL WEARS HIS ARM IN A SLING Chapter 352CHAPTER III—THE INSEPARABLE Chapter 353CHAPTER IV—THE IMMORTAL LIVER 68 Chapter 354CHAPTER I—THE SEVENTH CIRCLE AND THE EIGHTH HEAVEN Chapter 355CHAPTER II—THE OBSCURITIES WHICH A REVELATION CAN CONTAIN Chapter 356CHAPTER I—THE LOWER CHAMBER Chapter 357CHAPTER II—ANOTHER STEP BACKWARDS Chapter 358CHAPTER III—THEY RECALL THE GARDEN OF THE RUE PLUMET Chapter 359CHAPTER IV—ATTRACTION AND EXTINCTION Chapter 360CHAPTER I—PITY FOR THE UNHAPPY, BUT INDULGENCE FOR THE HAPPY Chapter 361CHAPTER II—LAST FLICKERINGS OF A LAMP WITHOUT OIL Chapter 362CHAPTER III—A PEN IS HEAVY TO THE MAN WHO LIFTED THE FAUCHELEVENT’S Chapter 363CHAPTER IV—A BOTTLE OF INK WHICH ONLY SUCCEEDED IN WHITENING Chapter 364CHAPTER V—A NIGHT BEHIND WHICH THERE IS DAY Chapter 365CHAPTER VI—THE GRASS COVERS AND THE RAIN EFFACES

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