Les Miserables

Free eBooks at Planet eBook.com 421 make it good. The little horse was courageous, and pulled for two; but it was the month of F ...

422 Les Miserables The carter was a German and did not understand him. He returned to the stable and remained near the horse. An ...

Free eBooks at Planet eBook.com 423 ‘That horse is very much fatigued.’ The poor beast was, in fact, going at a walk. ‘Are you g ...

424 Les Miserables He followed the road-mender’s advice, retraced his steps, and, half an hour later, he passed the same spot ag ...

Free eBooks at Planet eBook.com 425 night! He was stiff with cold; he had eaten nothing since the night before; he vaguely recal ...

426 Les Miserables CHAPTER VI SISTER SIMPLICE PUT TO THE PROOF But at that moment Fantine was joyous. She had passed a very bad ...

Free eBooks at Planet eBook.com 427 joy, she was the shadow of herself; now she was the spec- tre of herself. Physical suffering ...

428 Les Miserables Half an hour passed, then an hour, no one came; every time the clock struck, Fantine started up and looked to ...

Free eBooks at Planet eBook.com 429 As we stroll the faubourgs through. ‘Dear Holy Virgin, beside my stove I have set a cradle w ...

430 Les Miserables The clock struck six. Fantine did not seem to hear it. She no longer seemed to pay attention to anything abou ...

Free eBooks at Planet eBook.com 431 Her voice was so abrupt and hoarse that the two women thought they heard the voice of a man; ...

432 Les Miserables When her prayer was finished, ‘Sister,’ she said, ‘I am willing to lie down again; I will do anything you wis ...

Free eBooks at Planet eBook.com 433 be so pretty; you will see! If you only knew what pretty little rosy fingers she had! In the ...

434 Les Miserables ‘Well,’ resumed the nun, ‘now that you are happy, mind me, and do not talk any more.’ Fantine laid her head o ...

Free eBooks at Planet eBook.com 435 breathing will do me good.’ ‘Give me your hand,’ said the doctor. She stretched out her arm, ...

436 Les Miserables CHAPTER VII THE TRAVELLER ON HIS ARRIVAL TAKES PRECAUTIONS FOR DEPARTURE It was nearly eight o’clock in the e ...

Free eBooks at Planet eBook.com 437 per?’ He made a sign of the head in the negative. ‘The stableman says that Monsieur’s horse ...

438 Les Miserables ‘Monsieur,’ said he, ‘where is the court-house, if you please.’ ‘You do not belong in town, sir?’ replied the ...

Free eBooks at Planet eBook.com 439 the door where the sentry stands. You have only to ascend the grand staircase.’ He conformed ...

440 Les Miserables ‘Of course. Nothing else was possible.’ ‘To penal servitude?’ ‘For life.’ He continued, in a voice so weak th ...