Joly, still with one hand on Marius' shoulder, is no more enlightened than he was a moment ago.One fact stands out with an especial lack of clarity. "But-- Javert is alive. He has been --not as I am, truly alive, free to return to Paris. He and your father have associated here very often. Why would Monsieur Fauchelevent tell you otherwise?"

Some secret between them? Does it have to do with the spying?