2262 Les Miserables
‘This arranges things well, does it not, Mademoiselle
Gillenormand senior?’ said the grandfather. ‘That devil of a
Marius has ferreted out the nest of a millionaire grisette in
his tree of dreams! Just trust to the love affairs of young folks
now, will you! Students find studentesses with six hundred
thousand francs. Cherubino works better than Rothschild.’
‘Five hundred and eighty-four thousand francs!’ re-
peated Mademoiselle Gillenormand, in a low tone. ‘Five
hundred and eighty-four! one might as well say six hundred
thousand!’
As for Marius and Cosette, they were gazing at each oth-
er while this was going on; they hardly heeded this detail.