2156 Les Miserables
mer of light oscillated and floated, communicating to the
vault a reddish glow which grew fainter, then disappeared;
the silence became profound once more, the obscurity be-
came complete, blindness and deafness resumed possession
of the shadows; and Jean Valjean, not daring to stir as yet,
remained for a long time leaning with his back against the
wall, with straining ears, and dilated pupils, watching the
disappearance of that phantom patrol.