[Masterpiece Les Miserables] Paris Sparks

The next day, at the usual hour, Marius took out his new suit, new trousers, new hat, and new boots from the wardrobe, put on this full armor and put on gloves--a sensational luxury, To the Luxembourg Gardens.On the way, he met Courfeyrac and pretended not to see him.Courfeyrac went back and said to his friends: "I just saw Marius's new hat and coat, and there is a Marius wrapped in it. He must be going to take the exam. He has a silly face."

Corona was at Miao Shang at the time, and happened to be sitting next to him.She was holding a new schedule to ask her friends for advice. When she heard Courfeyrac's words, she stopped and raised her head to think about who Marius was. She vaguely remembered an impression from a few years ago, so she turned her attention Turned to her schedule again.

Two weeks later, during a small talk, Bossuet asked: "Where is Marius? I haven't seen him for a long time."

For Corona, it was normal not to see Marius, after all Marius was deliberately avoiding her.But the rest of the ABC saw him from time to time and talked about him as a friend. "He's fallen headfirst in love, without even a boot," replied Courfeyrac.

That's what happened in early October.After that, the whole winter was calm and nothing happened.Jean Valjean and Cosette still walked every morning in the Luxembourg Gardens, and sat there until noon; occasionally Fantine accompanied her, but her lung disease still had some sequelae, and she seldom went out in cold weather.Unbeknownst to Coronne, Marius also went to the Luxembourg Gardens every morning. He used to sit far away from his master, but after a month he gradually ventured to sit closer.Cosette was still talking to Jean Valjean, but her eyes were always turned to the other side; Marius was still keeping a book on his knee, but his thoughts were not on it.These two young men, separated by a distance of ten meters, seemed to have poured out countless hearts to each other.

Later, however, Jean Valjean became aware of something.One day when they returned from their walk, he entered Coronne's studio and said to her: "There is always a young man sitting across from us in the Luxembourg Gardens. I think he has a bad intention for Cosette."

Compared with the many mistakes made by Marius in his pursuit of Cosette because of his impatience, Jean Valjean was much smarter. He picked the right allies at once: Although Fantine was betrayed by her lover when she was a girl, she In my heart, as compensation, I yearn for romantic love even more.Jean Valjean could not understand her thoughts very clearly, but he knew that Fantine had already regarded Cosette as a grown-up girl in her heart.On the contrary, Corona herself is still unmarried. Like Jean Valjean, she feels that Cosette is still young and it is too early to marry.Sure enough, when Corona heard this, she put down her brush and frowned. "Who is that man? Has he acted insolently?"

"He just sat across from us, looking like a poor student. He never said a word to us, and I don't even know his name."

"Then how do you know that he is interested in Cosette, rather than a passerby sitting opposite by chance?" Corona asked with a smile.

"I'm going to try him."

"Then, if you need my help with anything, just ask."

It was her words that Jean Valjean wanted.

In the following months, when Corona chatted at the dinner table, she would occasionally mention things outside.She talked more about school, and took Fantine and Cosette with her from time to time. "It was built not long ago, and I don't have much experience. It's only when it's running that I feel that there are loopholes everywhere, and there is a shortage of people--please help me." She said with a smile. Fantine and Cosette didn't have any doubts. There was an enthusiasm for girls' high schools that Corona hadn't expected.She had only used it as an excuse, but to her surprise, Fantine and Cosette were of great help.

As a result, Jean Valjean no longer went to the park on time.Sometimes he doesn't go at all, sometimes he goes alone.Marius made another mistake by hastily avoiding Cosette's absence.After going back and forth, Jean Valjean soon became very sure that his target was indeed Cosette.A month later, Coronne gave Jean Valjean a key from the Rue de Plumet, "just in case," she said, and he hung the key together with the key from the Rue Saint-Germain. Put it on the keychain and take it with you.

Coronne had never seen the young man whom Jean Valjean spoke of falling in love.She once wanted to take a look in person because she was worried, but the two of them discussed it and gave up. "That man doesn't know who Cosette and I are, but you are a well-known painter. If he happens to recognize you, won't he know Cosette's identity instead?" Jean Valjean said.

In fact, what does it matter to know Cosette's identity?It is the most natural thing in the world for young men and women to love and pursue each other. Even if the courtship fails, it will never affect Cosette's reputation.But both of them protected Cosette too much, they only thought that she was still young, and they didn't want to let her touch these things.Corona felt that what he said was reasonable, so she didn't follow to the Luxembourg Gardens, but she asked again: "Then, what does Cosette think of him?"

"She paid no attention to that fool!" said Jean Valjean.

It wasn't cheating, because he really thought so.Although Cosette hadn't realized that the sudden joy and longing in her heart belonged to love, she almost instinctively covered it up in front of her father.While Marius jumped into the traps set by Jean Valjean, Cosette deftly bypassed all the nooses in the conversation.Jean Valjean once pointed to Marius and asked her: "What do you think of that man?"

Cosette just glanced at him plainly. "That young man," she answered nonchalantly, as if she were seeing him for the first time in her life.

On the contrary, Jean Valjean was relieved by this.After that they changed their walks, sometimes to other places, but more than half of the time they went to the Luxembourg Gardens.Whenever the young student approached, whenever they passed each other in the path, Jean Valjean stared at him warily, but made no further movement.

It wasn't until the spring of the following year that Marius made a bigger mistake: he had fallen deeply into the madness of love, and the short meeting in the park, the momentary ecstasy, could no longer satisfy him.Maddened by the girl's infatuation, he resolved to find out her name and where she lived.

Next day, when the old gentleman and his daughter got up and went out of the park, Marius followed them, stalking behind them, thinking that they were well concealed, so that no one would notice them.From a distance, he saw the old gentleman whispering something to his daughter as he entered the Rue Plumet. They stopped in front of a house with a garden in which all kinds of plants were growing wildly. There was Rue Plumet. No. 88.The old gentleman opened the door, let his daughter in first, turned and closed the courtyard door, and while locking it, raised his head and looked steadily at Marius.

On the third day, they did not come to the park.Marius waited all day.Another day, same thing.Marius did not eat lunch, but waited until evening, and when he wandered outside the house in the Rue Plumet after dark, he saw that all the lights in the house were dark.Another day, the park was still empty, the lights were still dark, and the father and daughter seemed to disappear from this world suddenly.

He waited all afternoon in Rue Plumet until an old servant from the neighbor's house came out to take out the sewage.He spoke to the old servant: "Who lives in the house next door?"

The old man lifted his baggy eyelids and gave him a listless look. "No one lives there."

This frightened Marius. "How could it be unoccupied?" he asked, almost forgetting to conceal his purpose. "But I saw—I mean, I saw that there was no for sale sign outside the house?"

"Someone bought it before, and then I don't know where the family moved, so the yard was deserted. It must have been deserted for ten years."

He emptied the water in the bucket and walked back with the empty bucket.Marius followed him a few steps, and asked after him, "Who bought this house?"

"I don't know." The old man threw him such a sentence indifferently, and closed the door tightly from the inside.

Just as Marius was walking back in a daze, Corona was also leaving a party in a carriage.She met the police chief's wife at the party and had a few conversations, implying that the nearest Boulevard Saint-Germain seemed not/too/secure/safe.After a few days, the number of patrolmen on the surrounding streets increased a lot.

This was originally to guard against being followed—in fact, if Marius had the courage to introduce himself to Jean Valjean, Corona might let him go, but he tried to follow him, so he couldn't help but let She raised her guard.However, she didn't expect that this precaution was a bit too much.

Marius had not actually found the Boulevard Saint-Germain.However, the addition of patrolmen on the street made it impossible for Cosette to even meet Eponine.

Unable to meet her lover and lose her friends overnight, Cosette fell into depression.She didn't complain, she didn't say a word about not going to the Luxembourg garden anymore, and she didn't comment on the increased patrols around, but everyone could see that she was worried.Fantine's heart was entirely attached to her daughter, and she was the first to notice that Cosette had not smiled for a long time.This worried her badly. "What are you thinking, my little lark?" she asked.

"Nothing," replied Cosette calmly.

No matter how Fantine and Corona questioned her, she didn't say anything.She felt vaguely that Jean Valjean did not seem to approve of the young man, and she hoped that if she pretended not to care, her father would take her again to the Luxembourg Gardens.But spoken words can cover up, but people's intentions are not so easy to cover up.Because of her growing emaciation, a gloomy atmosphere enveloped the whole family.One day Corona asked Jean Valjean in a low voice: "Do you think she is also attracted to that young man?"

She thought of the time when she was hopelessly unrequitedly in love with Enjolras.

Jean Valjean shuddered inwardly. "Impossible." He replied firmly.

The author has something to say: Some paragraphs in this chapter are quoted or rewritten from the original "Les Miserables".

Citations do not exceed 10%.The rewritten part...Because Marius Cosette's love line is currently following the original book, I can't say the ratio, please forgive me...