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  LES MISÉRABLES.

  BY

  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 RIGHTÉ 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. FrontispieceDrawn by G. Jeanniot.

  "SHE GLIDED ALONG RATHER THAN WALKED"Drawn by G. Jeanniot.

  BOOK I.

  WATERLOO.