2302 Les Miserables
‘No.’
‘And the bridegroom?’
‘There’s no bridegroom in that trap.’
‘Bah!’
‘Unless it’s the old fellow.’
‘Try to get a sight of the bride by stooping very low.’
‘I can’t.’
‘Never mind, that old cove who has something the mat-
ter with his paw I know, and that I’m positive.’
‘And what good does it do to know him?’
‘No one can tell. Sometimes it does!’
‘I don’t care a hang for old fellows, that I don’t!’
‘I know him.’
‘Know him, if you want to.’
‘How the devil does he come to be one of the wedding
party?’
‘We are in it, too.’
‘Where does that wedding come from?’
‘How should I know?’
‘Listen.’
‘Well, what?’
‘There’s one thing you ought to do.’
‘What’s that?’
‘Get off of our trap and spin that wedding.’
‘What for?’
‘To find out where it goes, and what it is. Hurry up and
jump down, trot, my girl, your legs are young.’
‘I can’t quit the vehicle.’
‘Why not?’