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Fauchelevent replied:—
‘Ultime Fauchelevent.’
He really had had a brother named Ultime, who was
dead.
‘Where do you come from?’
Fauchelevent replied:—
‘From Picquigny, near Amiens.’
‘What is your age?’
Fauchelevent replied:—
‘Fi ft y.’
‘What is your profession?’
Fauchelevent replied:—
‘Gardener.’
‘Are you a good Christian?’
Fauchelevent replied:—
‘Every one is in the family.’
‘Is this your little girl?’
Fauchelevent replied:—
‘Yes, reverend Mother.’
‘You are her father?’
Fauchelevent replied:—
‘Her grandfather.’
The vocal mother said to the prioress in a low voice
‘He answers well.’
Jean Valjean had not uttered a single word.
The prioress looked attentively at Cosette, and said half
aloud to the vocal mother:—
‘She will grow up ugly.’
The two mothers consulted for a few moments in very