pilferingapples:corneliushickey:i….. is the book like this? This particular part? almost verb
pilferingapples:corneliushickey:i….. is the book like this? This particular part? almost verbatim! ch. 1.6.2, Hapgood translation: Javert went on, with a severe air and his eyes still cast down.“Mr. Mayor, I have come to request you to instigate the authorities to dismiss me.”M. Madeleine opened his mouth in amazement. Javert interrupted him:–“You will say that I might have handed in my resignation, but that does not suffice. Handing in one’s resignation is honorable. I have failed in my duty; I ought to be punished; I must be turned out.”And after a pause he added:–“Mr. Mayor, you were severe with me the other day, and unjustly. Be so to-day, with justice.”It goes on like this all chapter Also Javert explains for like a page how some other guy totally must be Jean Valjean because if you say his actual name with a specific accent they kiiiiiind of sound alike , This Is Important Evidence it’s pretty amazing -- source link
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