But will he act on the memory? Likely not. He looks embarrassed to have caused any of this, and as though he would prefer to slip away without any of these things being said.
'Thank you, monsieur. I would not cause my Cosette pain for anything, but I seem to have done it. You have saved her any more of it.'
And what a thing, to find that she would miss him after all. His heart swells in his chest as he remembers, and the embarrassment slips away to be replaced with a faraway smile.
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But will he act on the memory? Likely not. He looks embarrassed to have caused any of this, and as though he would prefer to slip away without any of these things being said.
'Thank you, monsieur. I would not cause my Cosette pain for anything, but I seem to have done it. You have saved her any more of it.'
And what a thing, to find that she would miss him after all. His heart swells in his chest as he remembers, and the embarrassment slips away to be replaced with a faraway smile.