1846 Les Miserables
jolras passing, gun in hand, and Gavroche with his pistol,
Feuilly with his sword, Courfeyrac with his sword, and Jean
Prouvaire with his blunderbuss, Combeferre with his gun,
Bahorel with his gun, and the whole armed and stormy rab-
ble which was following them.
The Rue de la Chanvrerie was not more than a gunshot
long. Bossuet improvised a speaking-trumpet from his two
hands placed around his mouth, and shouted:—
‘Courfeyrac! Courfeyrac! Hohee!’
Courfeyrac heard the shout, caught sight of Bossuet, and
advanced a few paces into the Rue de la Chanvrerie, shout-
ing: ‘What do you want?’ which crossed a ‘Where are you
going?’
‘To make a barricade,’ replied Courfeyrac.
‘Well, here! This is a good place! Make it here!’
‘That’s true, Aigle,’ said Courfeyrac.
And at a signal from Courfeyrac, the mob flung them-
selves into the Rue de la Chanvrerie.