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that the day would soon be over; and the rolling of vehicles
overhead, having become intermittent instead of continu-
ous, then having almost ceased, he concluded that he was
no longer under central Paris, and that he was approaching
some solitary region, in the vicinity of the outer boulevards,
or the extreme outer quays. Where there are fewer houses
and streets, the sewer has fewer air-holes. The gloom deep-
ened around Jean Valjean. Nevertheless, he continued to
advance, groping his way in the dark.
Suddenly this darkness became terrible.