"Javert can go jump properly into the Seine for all I care," Bossuet answers. "But Fauchlevent. Valjean. He likes to guard his privacy, I think. But as you say, his story doesn't match Hugo's."
Hugo didn't envision his characters wandering between worlds in quite this way. Maybe it's finding Milliways that set off some tremors--resonances--in the whole system of universes and gave shape to Hugo's dreams. Lesgle is so absorbed with that notion--though he still has his suspicions about the greater power of an author--that he forgets the wet brush in his hand and reaches up to rub his chin.
"Ah, damn. I've painted myself. --But Mlle. Fauchelevent, surely she doesn't need to be told, at least not by some strange young man, about any--floral metaphors. I think she's not here often, anyway, to be vulnerable to much mischief. Have you met her? I did once, but she was a bit shy of speaking to the bartender."
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Date: 2015-01-05 08:29 pm (UTC)From:Hugo didn't envision his characters wandering between worlds in quite this way. Maybe it's finding Milliways that set off some tremors--resonances--in the whole system of universes and gave shape to Hugo's dreams. Lesgle is so absorbed with that notion--though he still has his suspicions about the greater power of an author--that he forgets the wet brush in his hand and reaches up to rub his chin.
"Ah, damn. I've painted myself. --But Mlle. Fauchelevent, surely she doesn't need to be told, at least not by some strange young man, about any--floral metaphors. I think she's not here often, anyway, to be vulnerable to much mischief. Have you met her? I did once, but she was a bit shy of speaking to the bartender."