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The Abduction of Cosette.
Waterloo -- After The Battle.
COPYRIGHT, 1887,
By THOMAS Y. CROWELL & CO.
CONTENTS
BOOK FIRST. -- WATERLOO
I. What is met with on the Way from Nivelles................ 1
II. Hougomont................................................ 3
III. The Eighteenth of June, 1815............................. 10
IV. A........................................................ 13
V. The Quid Obscurum of Battles............................. 15
VI. Four o'clock in the Afternoon............................ 19
VII. Napoleon in a Good Humor................................. 22
VIII. The Emperor puts a Question to the Guide Lacoste......... 28
IX. The Unexpected........................................... 31
X. The Plateau of Mont-Saint-Jean........................... 35
XI. A Bad Guide to Napoleon; a Good Guide to Bulow........... 40
XII. The Guard................................................ 42
XIII. The Catastrophe.......................................... 44
XIV. The Last Square.......................................... 46
XV. Cambronne................................................ 48
XVI. Quot Libras in Duce?..................................... 50
XVII. Is Waterloo to be considered Good?....................... 56
XVIII. A Recrudescence of Divine Right.......................... 58
XIX. The Battle-Field at Night................................ 61
BOOK SECOND. -- THE SHIP ORION
I. Number 24,601 becomes Number 9,430....................... 68
II. In which the reader will peruse Two Verses which are
of the Devil's Composition possibly.................... 71
III. The Ankle-Chain must have undergone a Certain Preparatory
Manipulation to be thus broken with a
Blow from a Hammer..................................... 76
BOOK THIRD. -- ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE PROMISE MADE TO THE DEAD WOMAN
I. The Water Question at Montfermeil........................ 85
II. Two Complete Portraits................................... 89
III. Men must have Wine, and Horses must have Water........... 95
IV. Entrance on the Scene of a Doll.......................... 97
V. The Little One All Alone................................. 99
VI. Which possibly proves Boulatruelle's Intelligence........ 105
VII. Cosette Side by Side with the Stranger in the Dark....... 110
VIII. The Unpleasantness of receiving into One's House a Poor
Man who may be a Rich Man.............................. 113
IX. Thenardier at his Manoeuvres............................. 133
X. He who seeks to better himself may render his Situation
Worse.................................................. 141
XI. Number 9,430 reappears, and Cosette wins it in the
Lottery.................................................. 147
BOOK FOURTH. -- THE GORBEAU HOVEL
I. Master Gorbeau........................................... 149
II. A Nest for Owl and a Warbler............................. 155
III. Two Misfortunes make One Piece of Good Fortune........... 157
IV. The Remarks of the Principal Tenant...................... 162
V. A Five-Franc Piece falls on the Ground and produces a
Tumult................................................. 164
BOOK FIFTH. -- FOR A BLACK HUNT, A MUTE PACK
I. The Zigzags of Strategy.................................. 169
II. It is Lucky that the Pont d'Austerlitz bears Carriages... 173
III. To Wit, the Plan of Paris in 1727........................ 175
IV. The Gropings of Flight................................... 178
V. Which would be Impossible with Gas Lanterns.............. 181
VI. The Beginning of an Enigma............................... 185
VII. Continuation of the Enigma............................... 188
VIII. The Enigma becomes Doubly Mysterious..................... 190
IX. The Man with the Bell.................................... 192
X. Which explains how Javert got on the Scent............... 196
BOOK SIXTH. -- LE PETIT-PICPUS
I. Number 62 Rue Petit-Picpus............................... 206
II. The Obedience of Martin Verga............................ 210
III. Austerities.............................................. 217
IV. Gayeties................................................. 219
V. Distractions............................................. 222
VI. The Little Convent....................................... 228
VII. Some Silhouettes of this Darkness........................ 231
VIII. Post Corda Lapides....................................... 233
IX. A Century under a Guimpe................................. 235
X. Origin of the Perpetual Adoration........................ 237
XI. End of the Petit-Picpus.................................. 239
BOOK SEVENTH. -- PARENTHESIS
I. The Convent as an Abstract Idea.......................... 242
II. The Convent as an Historical Fact........................ 242
III. On What Conditions One can respect the Past.............. 245
IV. The Convent from the Point of View of Principles......... 248
V. Prayer................................................... 250
VI. The Absolute Goodness of Prayer.......................... 251
VII. Precautions to be observed in Blame...................... 253
VIII. Faith, Law............................................... 254
BOOK EIGHTH. -- CEMETERIES TAKE THAT WHICH IS COMMITTED THEM
I. Which treats of the Manner of entering a Convent......... 257
II. Fauchelevent in the Presence of a Difficulty............. 265
III. Mother Innocente......................................... 268
IV. In which Jean Valjean has quite the Air of having read
Austin Castillejo...................................... 279
V. It is not Necessary to be Drunk in order to be Immortal.. 286
VI. Between Four Planks...................................... 293
VII. In which will be found the Origin of the Saying: Don't
lose the Card.......................................... 295
VIII. A Successful Interrogatory............................... 303
IX. Cloistered............................................... 307