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in isolated taverns, behind hedges; they had changed car-
riages frequently; they had travelled short distances on foot.
She made no complaint, but she was weary, and Jean Valjean
perceived it by the way she dragged more and more on his
hand as she walked. He took her on his back. Cosette, with-
out letting go of Catherine, laid her head on Jean Valjean’s
shoulder, and there fell asleep.