VICTOR HUGO.

PART SECOND.

COSETTE.

AUTHORIZED TRANSLATION BY SIR LASCELLES WRAXALL.

BOSTON:

LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.

1887.

FAUCHELEVENT AND THE GRAVE-DIGGER.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

COSETTE.

BOOK I.

WATERLOO.

I. ON THE NIVELLES ROAD

II. HOUGOMONT

III. JUNE 18, 1815

IV. A

V. THE QUID OBSCURUM OF BATTLES

VI. FOUR O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON

VII. NAPOLEON IN GOOD HUMOR

VIII. THE EMPEROR ASKS THE GUIDE A QUESTION

IX. A SURPRISE

X. THE PLATEAU OF MONT ST. JEAN

XI. BÜLOW TO THE RESCUE

XII. THE GUARD

XIII. THE CATASTROPHE

XIV. THE LAST SQUARE

XV. CAMBRONNE

XVI. QUOT LIBRAS IN DUCE

XVII. OUGHT WATERLOO TO BE APPLAUDED?

XVIII. RESTORATION OF DIVINE RIGHT

XIX. THE BATTLE-FIELD BY NIGHT

BOOK II.

THE SHIP "ORION."

I. NO. 24,601 BECOMES NO. 9430

II. TWO LINES OF A DOUBTFUL ORIGIN

III. ON BOARD THE "ORION"

BOOK III.

THE PROMISE TO THE DEAD FULFILLED.

I. THE WATER QUESTION AT MONTFERMEIL

II. TWO FULL-LENGTH PORTRAITS

III. MEN WANT WINE AND HORSES WATER

IV. A DOLL COMES ON THE STAGE

V. THE LITTLE ONE ALONE

VI. BOULATRUELLE MAY HAVE BEEN RIGHT

VII. COSETTE IN THE DARK WITH THE STRANGER

VIII. IS HE RICH OR POOR?

IX. THÉNARDIER AT WORK

X. THÉNARDIER HAS ONE REGRET

XI. NO. 9430 REAPPEARS, AND COSETTE WINS IT IN THE LOTTERY

BOOK IV.

THE GORBEAU TENEMENT.

I. MASTER GORBEAU

II. THE NEST OF AN OWL AND A LINNET

III. TWO EVILS MAKE A GOOD

IV. THE REMARKS OF THE CHIEF LODGER

V. NOISE MADE BY A FALLING FIVE-FRANC PIECE

BOOK V.

FOR A STILL HUNT A DUMB PACK.

I. STRATEGIC ZIGZAGS

II. IT IS FORTUNATE THAT THE BRIDGE OF AUSTERLITZ WILL CARRY WAGONS

III. CONSULT THE PLAN OF PARIS IN 1727

IV. ATTEMPTS TO ESCAPE

V. A THING IMPOSSIBLE IN GASLIGHT

VI. THE BEGINNING OF AN ENIGMA

VII. CONTINUATION OF THE ENIGMA

VIII. THE ENIGMA INCREASES

IX. THE MAN WITH THE BELL

X. HOW JAVERT ONLY FOUND THE NEST

BOOK VI.

PETIT PICPUS.

I. NO. 62, RUE PICPUS

II. THE OBEDIENCE OF MARTIN VERGA

III. SEVERITIES

IV. GAYETIES

V. AMUSEMENTS

VI. THE LITTLE CONVENT

VII. A FEW PROFILES FROM THE SHADOW

VIII. POST CORDA LAPIDES

IX. A CENTURY UNDER A WIMPLE

X. ORIGIN OF THE PERPETUAL ADORATION

XI. THE END OF LITTLE PICPUS

BOOK VII.

A PARENTHESIS.

I. THE CONVENT AS AN ABSTRACT IDEA

II. THE CONVENT AS AN HISTORICAL FACT

III. ON WHAT TERMS THE PAST IS VENERABLE

IV. THE CONVENT FROM THE MORAL STANDPOINT

V. PRAYER

VI. ABSOLUTE GOODNESS OF PRAYER

VII. CARE TO BE EXERCISED IN CONDEMNING

VIII. FAITH, LAW

BOOK VIII.

CEMETERIES TAKE WHAT IS GIVEN THEM.

I. HOW TO GET INTO A CONVENT

II. FAUCHELEVENT FACES THE DIFFICULTY

III. MOTHER INNOCENT

IV. A PLAN OF ESCAPE

V. A DRUNKARD IS NOT IMMORTAL

VI. BETWEEN FOUR PLANKS

VII. FAUCHELEVENT HAS AN IDEA

VIII. A SUCCESSFUL EXAMINATION

IX. IN THE CONVENT

Illustrations.

FAUCHELEVENT AND THE GRAVE-DIGGER, Vol. II. Frontispiece Drawn by G. Jeanniot. "SHE GLIDED ALONG RATHER THAN WALKED" Drawn by G. Jeanniot.