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‘Coming! Coming!’ said she. ‘One has no time for any-
thing in this hovel!’
She hummed:—
Vous me quittez pour aller a la gloire;
Mon triste coeur suivra partout.You leave me to go to glory; my sad heart will follow you
everywhere.She cast a parting glance in the mirror and went out,
shutting the door behind her.
A moment more, and Marius heard the sound of the two
young girls’ bare feet in the corridor, and Jondrette’s voice
shouting to them:—
‘Pay strict heed! One on the side of the barrier, the other
at the corner of the Rue du Petit-Banquier. Don’t lose sight
for a moment of the door of this house, and the moment you
see anything, rush here on the instant! as hard as you can
go! You have a key to get in.’
The eldest girl grumbled:—
‘The idea of standing watch in the snow barefoot!’
‘To-morrow you shall have some dainty little green silk
boots!’ said the father.
They ran down stairs, and a few seconds later the shock
of the outer door as it banged to announced that they were
outside.
There now remained in the house only Marius, the Jon-
drettes and probably, also, the mysterious persons of whom