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Title: Works of Victor Hugo
Year: 1890 1864 (1860s)
Authors: Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885 Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894, ed Marzials, Frank T. (Frank Thomas), Sir, 1840-1912
Subjects: Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885
Publisher: New York : National Library Co.
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^sician wiped his eyes; the corpse itself wept. The physician, priest and woman looked at Marius throughtheir affliction without saying a word. Marius, who was solittle affected, felt ashamed and embarrassed at his own atti-tude, and he let the hat, which he held in his hand, fall tothe ground, in order to induce a belief that sorrow deprivedhim of the strength to hold it. At the same he felt a sortof remorse, and despised himself for acting thus. But wasit his fault ? He did not love his father. Why should he! The colonel left nothing, and the sale of the furniturescarce covered the funeral expenses. The maid-servant found a scrap of paper, which she handed to Marius. On it were the following lines, written by the colonel: — For my son: The Emperor made me a baron on the field of Water-loo. As the Restoration disputes my right to this title, which I pur-chased with my blood, my son will assume it and wear it. Of coursehe will be worthy of it.
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The physician and the priest were summoned, but both arrived toolate; the son had also arrived too late. Lts Miserable*. Marius: Page 58. MARIUS 59 On the back the colonel had added: — At this same battle of Waterloo a sergeant saved my life; his nameis Thenardier, and I believe that he has recently kept a small inn in avillage near Paris, either Chelles or Montfermeil. If my son meet thisThenardier he will do all he can for him. Not through any affection for his father, but owing to thatvague respect for death which is ever so imperious in theheart of man, Marius took the paper and put it away. Nothing was left of the colonel. M. Gillenormand soldhis sword and uniform to an old-clothes man; the neighboursplundered the garden and carried off the rare flowers. Theother plants became brambles and died. Marius remained only forty-eight hours in Vernon. Af-ter the funeral he returned to Paris and his legal studies,thinking no more of his father than if he had never existed.In two days t

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