VICTOR HUGO.

PART FOURTH.

THE IDYLL AND THE EPIC.

AUTHORIZED TRANSLATION BY SIR LASCELLES WRAXALL

BOSTON:

LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.

1887.

"ONE MORNING WHEN THE SUN WAS SHINING, AND BOTH WERE ON THE GARDEN STEPS"

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

THE RUE PLUMET IDYLL AND THE RUE ST. DENIS EPIC.

BOOK I.

SOME PAGES OF HISTORY.

I. WELL CUT OUT

II. BADLY STITCHED

III. LOUIS PHILIPPE

IV. CRACKS IN THE FOUNDATION

V. FACTS FROM WHICH HISTORY IS DERIVED BUT WHICH HISTORY IGNORES

VI. ENJOLRAS AND HIS LIEUTENANTS

BOOK II.

ÉPONINE.

I. THE LARK'S FIELD

II. CRIMES IN EMBRYO INCUBATED IN PRISONS

III. FATHER MABŒUF HAS AN APPARITION

IV. MARIUS HAS AN APPARITION

BOOK III.

THE HOUSE OF THE RUE PLUMET.

I. THE MYSTERIOUS HOUSE

II. JEAN VALJEAN A NATIONAL GUARD

III. FOLIIS AC FRONDIBUS

IV. CHANGE OF GRATING

V. THE ROSE PERCEIVES THAT SHE IS AN IMPLEMENT OF WAR

VI. THE BATTLE BEGINS

VII. JEAN VALJEAN IS VERY SAD

VIII. THE CHAIN-GANG

BOOK IV.

SUCCOR FROM BELOW MAY BE SUCCOR FROM ON HIGH.

I. AN EXTERNAL WOUND AND AN INTERNAL CURE

II. MOTHER PLUTARCH ACCOUNTS FOR A PHENOMENON

BOOK V.

IN WHICH THE END DOES NOT RESEMBLE THE BEGINNING.

I. SOLITUDE AND THE BARRACKS COMBINED

II. COSETTE'S FEARS

III. ENRICHED WITH THE COMMENTS OF TOUSSAINT

IV. A HEART UNDER A STONE

V. COSETTE AFTER THE LETTER

VI. THE OLD PEOPLE ARE OPPORTUNELY OBLIGED TO GO OUT

BOOK VI.

LITTLE GAVROCHE.

I. A MALICIOUS TRICK OF THE WIND

II. GAVROCHE REAPS ADVANTAGE FROM NAPOLEON THE GREAT

III. INCIDENTS OF AN ESCAPE

BOOK VII.

SLANG.

I. THE ORIGIN OF SLANG

II. ROOTS

III. SLANG THAT CRIES AND SLANG THAT LAUGHS

IV. TWO DUTIES: TO WATCH AND TO HOPE

BOOK VIII.

ENCHANTMENTS AND DESOLATIONS.

I. BRIGHT LIGHT

II. THE GIDDINESS OF PERFECT BLISS

III. THE BEGINNING OF THE SHADOW

IV. CAB RUNS IN ENGLISH AND BARKS IN SLANG

V. THINGS OF THE NIGHT

VI. MARIUS ACTUALLY GIVES COSETTE HIS ADDRESS

VII. AN OLD HEART AND A YOUNG HEART FACE TO FACE

BOOK IX.

WHERE ARE THEY GOING?

I. JEAN VALJEAN

II. MARIUS

III. M. MABŒUF

BOOK X.

THE FIFTH OF JUNE, 1832.

I. THE SURFACE OF THE QUESTION

II. THE BOTTOM OF THE QUESTION

III. A BURIAL GIVES OPPORTUNITY FOR A REVIVAL

IV. THE EBULLITIONS OF OTHER DAYS

V. ORIGINALITY OF PARIS

BOOK XI.

THE ATOM FRATERNIZES WITH THE HURRICANE.

I. THE ORIGIN OF THE POETRY OF GAVROCHE AND THE INFLUENCE OF AN ACADEMICIAN UPON IT

II. GAVROCHE ON THE MARCH

III. JUST INDIGNATION OF A BARBER

IV. THE CHILD ASTONISHES THE OLD MAN

V. THE OLD MAN

VI. RECRUITS

BOOK XII.

CORINTH.

I. HISTORY OF CORINTH FROM ITS FOUNDATION

II. PRELIMINARY GAYETIES

III. THE NIGHT BEGINS TO FALL ON GRANTAIRE

IV. AN ENDEAVOR TO CONSOLE THE WIDOW HUCHELOUP

V. PREPARATIONS

VI. WAITING

VII. THE RECRUIT OF THE RUE DES BILLETTES

VIII. WAS HIS NAME LE CABUC?

BOOK XIII.

MARIUS ENTERS THE SHADOW.

I. FROM THE RUE PLUMET TO THE QUARTIER ST. DENIS

II. AN OWL'S-EYE VIEW OF PARIS

III. THE EXTREME BRINK

BOOK XIV.

THE GRANDEUR OF DESPAIR.

I. THE FLAG: ACT FIRST

II. THE FLAG: ACT SECOND

III. GAVROCHE HAD BETTER HAVE ACCEPTED THE CARBINE OF ENJOLRAS

IV. THE BARREL OF GUNPOWDER

V. END OF THE VERSES OF JEAN PROUVAIRE

VI. DEATH'S AGONY AFTER LIFE'S AGONY

VII. GAVROCHE CALCULATES DISTANCES

BOOK XV.

THE RUE DE L'HOMME ARMÉ.

I. BLOTTING, BLABBING

II. THE GAMIN THE ENEMY OF LAMPS

III. WHILE COSETTE AND TOUSSAINT SLEEP

IV. GAVROCHE'S EXCESS OF ZEAL

Illustrations.

"ONE MORNING WHEN THE SUN WAS SHINING, AND BOTH WERE ON THE GARDEN STEPS" Vol. IV. Frontispiece Drawn by G. Jeanniot. RECRUITS Drawn by G. Jeanniot.

RUE PLUMET IDYLL

AND

THE RUE ST. DENIS EPIC.