Chapter 306 Six Marius is terrified, Javert is terse

Let's talk about the intellectual activities of Marius. You can recall his mental state.We have just mentioned that everything is now an illusion to him.His discernment is weak.We repeat, Marius was under the great and dark shadow over the dying man, he felt himself in the tomb, beyond the walls, and now he looked with the eyes of the dead on the faces of the living. . Why is M. Fauchelevent here?Why is he here?What is he here for?Marius did not pursue these questions.Besides, our disappointment has such a character that it surrounds us and others, and it seems reasonable to him that all people come here to die.

But his heart was heavy, thinking of Cosette. Besides, M. Fauchelevent did not speak to him, did not look at him, and did not seem to have heard Marius say aloud: "I know him." As for Marius, M. Fauchelevent's attitude relieved him, and if such a word could be used to describe his mood, we may say that he liked it very much.He always felt that it was absolutely impossible to talk to this ambiguous, majestic, and unpredictable person.What's more, Marius hadn't seen him for a long time, and Marius's shy and cautious character made it impossible for him to talk to him.

Five designated men came out of the barricades from the Alley de Mondeu, very much like the National Guard.One of them broke down in tears.Before leaving, they hugged all who remained. When the five men who had returned to life were gone, Enjolras remembered the man who should be executed.He went into the basement, where Javert was still tied to the post, thinking about something. Enjolras asked him: "Do you need anything?" Javert replied: "When will you execute me?" "Wait a minute, we still need all our bullets at the moment." "Then give me some water," said Javert.

Enjolras himself handed him a glass of water, and helped him drink it, for Javert was bound. Enjolras asked again: "No need for anything else?" "I am very uncomfortable on this post," answered Javert, "and you are not kind at all to let me pass the night like this. Bind you as you please, but at least let me lie on the table, like that one." He nodded his head at M. Mabeuf's body. We also remember that there was a big long table at the end of that room where the warheads were melted down and bullets were made.Now that the bullets are ready and the explosives are used up, the table is empty.

On Enjolras' orders, the four insurgents unhook Javert from the pillar.At this time, the fifth man held his chest with a bayonet.They tied his hands behind his back, and tied his feet with a strong rope that served as a whip, so that he could only walk fifteen inches, like a prisoner on the scaffold, and they made him walk to the end of the room. at the table, put him on it, and tied him tightly around the waist. In order to be safe, a rope was put around his neck to make it impossible for him to escape. This binding method was called a horse's bridle in prison. It was tied from the neck, crossed and separated on the stomach, and passed through the thighs again. strapped to the hand.

While Javert was being tied up, a man at the door watched him with special attention.The projection of this man made Javert turn his head and recognize Jean Valjean.Not panicking at all, he lowered his eyelids arrogantly and said, "It's not surprising."