"Yes," says Combeferre. "Bossuet and Courfeyrac did--they had adventures, and Bahorel and Feuilly had even stranger times. You saw Feuilly's mask?"

Combeferre takes another sip of coffee. "What was your Paris like? Ours was--a delight, in every way, and then coming back to find Prouvaire--" It's too much good fortune to be believed, even if Milliways may not be the ideal place for all of them.