[Masterpiece Les Miserables] Paris Sparks

Although Coronne herself was almost sure of it, her heart skipped a beat to see M. Noirtier think so too.

"Didn't you tell Valentine, too?" she asked, keeping her voice steady.

"Yes." Noirtier said with closed eyes.

"Are you out of the same reason as me—fear that she can't hide what's on her mind and show her clues, which will make herself more dangerous?"

"Yes."

"So, do you know who the murderer is?"

"Do not."

Corona was a little disappointed.But she also knew that it was impossible to ask an old man who could only stay in the same room all day to investigate something. "...So, do you have any ideas on how to protect Valentine?"

"Yes."

So Corona began to recite the alphabet, and when she recited M, the old man closed her eyes.She hugged the dictionary on the table next to her and slid it down with her finger, until she reached the word "Médecine (medicine)", and he closed his eyes again. "Ah, your medicine—you're taking Pangejing now, aren't you?"

"Yes."

"Are you going to follow your medicine to track down the murderer?"

"Do not."

"The murderer didn't use your medicine, but another source of poison?"

"Yes."

"Then what are you doing with the medicine... No, I see. Are you trying to make Valentine resistant?"

"Yes."

"Would it be... With all due respect, cultivating drug resistance is a very long process. What if the murderer is more impatient than you think?"

The old man looked at her with deep sorrow in his eyes.That look seemed to say, "I have no other choice."

In his youth M. Noirtier was an important figure in Napoleon's party.Who would have expected that just because of a stroke, he would end up in such a fate, even his dearest granddaughter could not be saved!Although Corona does not agree with many of his actions, she still has a kind of sympathy for the hero's downfall. "I think I agree with you in protecting Valentine at least," she said. "Unfortunately, neither you nor I can really interfere in the affairs of this family!"

The old man looked at her sadly and closed his eyes.

"So I think the only way is to simply keep her away from this place. It's fine for a while, or forever. With her character, she can't fight for herself. This is the only way to keep her safe and sound. You Agree?"

"Yes."

"So that is to say, you agree with me to find a way to arrange for her to leave here?"

The old man blinked and said, "No."

"You don't agree with me arranging for her to leave?"

"Do not."

"But you agree that it's the safest way for her to leave, and you don't agree with me taking her away... No, I know, I shouldn't be the one who took her away. You already know her lover, right?"

A smile appeared in the old man's eyes. "Yes."

"You intend to have Maximilian take her away?"

"Yes."

"That's great." Corona smiled. "Then, I'll contact Maximilian. Although this may become a disgraceful elopement for a while, I believe that Mr. Villefort will do his best to cover it up. Yes. With Maximilian's ability, he will definitely make Valentine live a good life in the future."

M. Noirtier smiled and closed his eyes and said, "Yes."

"And one last thing—will you go with Valentine?"

The old man said "yes" almost joyfully.

"I understand." Corona said with a smile. She stood up and put the dictionary back on the table beside her. "I'm glad we reached an agreement with you so quickly. I will help Maximilian with this Yes."

She went out and called Valentine back, but did not explain further to her-she decided to leave the explanation to M. Noirtier.She herself went to Morel's house in the afternoon, and Julie told her that Maximilian had gone riding at a stud farm in the suburbs.She then waited at Morrel's, and Maximilian did not return home until close to supper.

"You really have a leisurely life," said Coronne. "I went to Villefort's in the morning. Some people are so sad that they cry all day, but you are racing in the countryside."

Maximilian Morell had a gloomy face, and when he heard what Corona said, he smiled wryly: "If I can help even a little bit in this matter, I will stay by her side, absolutely. Don't leave! Did you see Valentine this morning? Is she all right? She must be terrified, God, why can't I grow a pair of wings and let me fly over the wall to her!"

"If you go to her, what can you do?"

"Be with her. Comfort her. Protect her. If anyone tries to kill Valentine, they'll walk over my dead body first! Ah, but what's the use of asking me all these?" said Maximilian, bitterly. Putting her hands deep into her hair, "It's all empty talk, I can't do any of it. How ridiculous, she has to be in the same room with people who are so indifferent to her, and I, even though I am so The person who loves her the most in the world is regarded as an outsider, and even if she wants to comfort her, she can't meet her openly!"

"Yes. You know, I have always thought you and Valentine the most suitable, but M. de Villefort's attitude makes it impossible for you to be engaged to her."

Maximilian nearly sobbed. "Did you come today to hurt me cruelly with these facts?"

"No." Corona said and glanced around: when Yuli left just now, she had closed the door intimately, and there were only the two of them in the living room. "I came today to ask you: Have you ever considered taking Valentine away?"

"Ah!" Maximilian nearly jumped up from the sofa, and he looked at Corona in surprise, "You...are you sincere in what you say?"

Corona looked at him with a smile.

"Yes, of course—I want to take her. Of course I want to! I swear to God, I'm going to make her a happier, happier life. I'm going to keep her from trembling and seeing anything The face of a person. But she disagrees."

"Why doesn't she agree?"

"I begged her to take her away. But she said she was afraid to change her life."

"Why is she afraid?"

Maximilian frowned.Corona laughed: "I'm not trying to make things difficult for you, Maximilian. But you and I both know that this is tantamount to elopement. You also know how much damage it will do to a woman's reputation. If Valentine If she chooses to leave with you, then she will have no family, property, or friends in the future, and she can only depend on you for her entire life. Are you prepared for this and can you afford such a responsibility?"

"I swear to you, I will make her happier than before!"

"How do you do it? Where does your property and income come from, where does your fame come from, how do you take her away, and how do you ensure that you will not be chased back by Mr. Villefort? When do you plan to marry her and live in the house after marriage?" Where, who will she socialize with there, will she be accompanied by relatives and friends? Have you considered all these?"

She waved her hand and stopped Maximilian who was eager to explain: "If you think about it, you will not explain this to me, but to Valentine. She is going to leave with you. Have you ever told her what kind of life she will face if she chooses to leave? Or, you didn’t explain anything, just let her close her eyes and follow you——in that case, what kind of life would she face? What girl isn't afraid?"

Maximilian jumped up excitedly. "I see! I see. Thank you!" he whirled about the room excitedly. "I'll go to her and tell her all about it. — No, I'll arrange everything first, and then I'll talk to you again." She said. I will buy the house, hire the carriage, and make the identity papers, and we will leave Paris, or leave France directly."

"If you trust me, you might as well come to me for discussion when making plans." Corona said with a smile, "One more person always has more ways. However, I still have to remind you that this plan must be absolutely Keep it a secret. If the news gets out, you and Valentine may never see each other again in your lifetime."

"I will keep it a secret! Even my sister, I will wait until the last day to tell her. Thank you, Miss Evermond, for saving my life and Valentine's life!"

"It's not too late to thank me after the matter is over," Corona replied. "—By the way, you might as well ask the count about it."

"Count? Why do you want me to ask him?"

"After all, the earl seems to be omnipotent in your mouth. And he is such a close friend with you. I think, if you ask his opinion, maybe he can help out with ideas, don't you think?"

"You're right, but unfortunately I can't find the count now." Maximilian said helplessly, "Don't you know? The count was robbed at home earlier, and then he went out to hunt and relax."

"Where is he going?"

"no one knows."

"When will you be back?"

"I don't even know! With the count's personality, where he wants to go and how long he wants to stay, isn't it all up to him?"

That's true.Corona can't do anything about it. "So, it seems that the Earl has no chance to know about your bitter love?"

"That's right, I don't think he knows." Maximilian looked at her suspiciously, "Why do you care so much about this?"

"Nothing!" Corona said, but her heart couldn't help sinking, "Then, it's all up to you to prepare as soon as possible."

Since this plan came into being, Maximilian immediately became alive.He quickly formulated a plan, and after busy work, he arranged all the links in it properly.Corona participated in it, watched every step of his plan, and proposed many amendments and helped a lot-after all, she had a lot of manpower available for the implementation of the plan.Maximilian was naturally very grateful to her, and he had to say his words of thanks several times a day.After all, this matter is related to Valentine's life and safety, they all put down some things in their hands and did their best to handle this matter.

However, after all, there are some things that cannot be rushed.For example, if Maximilian intends to take Valentine to leave France, it is inevitable that there will be some things that need to be done abroad.They spent a week planning the carriage, the pass, the false identity, and how M. Noirtier, who was handicapped, would leave with them, and then in the second week Maximilian went abroad to buy Real estate, passports.Corona, who remained in Paris, went to see M. Noirtier once more, and told him the whole plan of elopement.

"Do you think there's anything else that needs to be fixed?" she asked.

Noirtier blinked and said "no".

"You can do the part that involves yourself, can't you?"

"Yes."

"Just now I asked Valentine if she agreed, and she blushed and was speechless for a long time. I think it should be agreed, isn't it?"

The old man said with a smile, "Yes."

"Besides, I will tell you one more thing - I had a hand in Maximilian's entire scheme. That is to say, I know where they will live in the future, I know what status they will take after elopement, and I know how to get there." Contact them. Don't worry, I have no intention of denouncing, but I think it is impossible to entrust the rest of Valentine's life to another person. If Maximilian changes his mind later, I can also Bring her back. But I am worried that she is deeply in love now, and I can't listen to it, so I turned around and told Maximilian. So let me tell you, if something like this happens in the future, please remind her."

Noirtier solemnly agreed.

"So, do you have anything else to ask me?"

"Yes."

So Corona began to recite the alphabet.In the end, she followed the dictionary and found that there was only one word for the old man to ask—"pourquoi (why)."

"Why? You want to ask me why I left Valentine's address? Or why I helped them so wholeheartedly?" She smiled at the old man's affirmative answer, "Because after all, I look at Valentine Big, I don't want her to be killed. And..."

She lowered her eyes and stroked the cover of the dictionary. "It would be nice to have one more thing in this world where lovers will eventually get married."

The author has something to say: A few days ago when the update was interrupted, because I was too busy with things and double disconnected from the Internet, I handed over the manuscript to my friend and asked her to update the manuscript box for me.

…Then just now, a friend of mine ran over to poke me and said that she forgot to log out of my account, and directly used my account to bookmark + comment on several articles in the default login state, only to find out that something was wrong...

I feel that the innocence of my pure author account is not guaranteed, and the innocence has not been taken away by myself, and my heart is ashamed.jpg