Bahorel laughs. "Oh, she's a bright young soul; a far brighter and bolder spark than him! It's well; she'll keep him living in the world. Give her a few years and she'll have a fine little circle in Society."
He frowns, mood shifting. "But that's in a few years. Right now, damn! She's a convent-school girl, and as innocent as any nun could want her to be. And her life's all laid out inthose pages-- hers, and her mother's. There's not a godforsaken thing wrong in either of them, nothing that should shame any honest soul. But for a young lady in Society, just starting up-- it's ruin enough to know that her mother was never Madame Fauchelevent, isn't it."
It's a bleak certainty, not a question. "Enjolras spoke to her father. She might at least be forewarned. But Monsieur Fauchelevent--" Bahorel shakes his head. "He helped at the barricades. He's the one who saved Marius. But he's also the one who saved the spy." Bahorel shrugs. Fauchelevent had taken no oaths of loyalty to the cause, after all. "I don't believe it was for any gain; he stood to lose by it more than anyone. Hah, he hardly had reason to expect any of us would be troubled by it later!"
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Date: 2015-05-11 05:02 pm (UTC)From:He frowns, mood shifting. "But that's in a few years. Right now, damn! She's a convent-school girl, and as innocent as any nun could want her to be. And her life's all laid out inthose pages-- hers, and her mother's. There's not a godforsaken thing wrong in either of them, nothing that should shame any honest soul. But for a young lady in Society, just starting up-- it's ruin enough to know that her mother was never Madame Fauchelevent, isn't it."
It's a bleak certainty, not a question. "Enjolras spoke to her father. She might at least be forewarned. But Monsieur Fauchelevent--" Bahorel shakes his head. "He helped at the barricades. He's the one who saved Marius. But he's also the one who saved the spy." Bahorel shrugs. Fauchelevent had taken no oaths of loyalty to the cause, after all. "I don't believe it was for any gain; he stood to lose by it more than anyone. Hah, he hardly had reason to expect any of us would be troubled by it later!"
But now: Milliways.