Enjolras grimaces a little into his coffee cup, but doesn't disagree. Eternity or something like it -- or, well, who knows. He has yet to hear anything but speculation on what the future might hold for any of them.
Another swallow of coffee, and he turns his mind to the practical question Combeferre's raised. He's been mulling over it anyway; community organization and the distribution of tasks is always something his thoughts turn readily towards. "First, we should consult with the others. See if anyone has any other suggestions. And see if all of us have these same memories, too. Make sure everyone is aware of this chart."
"Second, ask each to write a note to himself, and ideally to compile an account to accompany it. We might ask Gavroche if he wants to be involved as well. Third, a more succinct overview may be useful too, as you suggest. One or two of us should draft it, and the others can make emendations as they see fit, just as we've done with pamphlets. Then we can give a clean copy to Bar. Or, if the general will is to keep that kind of sensitive material directly in our possession, to give Bar more general notes including information about how to access our notes."
He has no reason at all to mistrust Bar, and she's seemed to be entirely reliable thus far. But notes are one thing, and detailed accounts of their personal experience with illegal revolutionary activity are another. That's the kind of information that isn't usually written down, especially without coded phrases, for the precise reason that a single slip or raid could put it into the hands of a man like Javert, with disastrous consequences. It goes a little against the grain to hand something like that over to Bar's control, but there are also logistical reasons to consider doing so.
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Another swallow of coffee, and he turns his mind to the practical question Combeferre's raised. He's been mulling over it anyway; community organization and the distribution of tasks is always something his thoughts turn readily towards. "First, we should consult with the others. See if anyone has any other suggestions. And see if all of us have these same memories, too. Make sure everyone is aware of this chart."
"Second, ask each to write a note to himself, and ideally to compile an account to accompany it. We might ask Gavroche if he wants to be involved as well. Third, a more succinct overview may be useful too, as you suggest. One or two of us should draft it, and the others can make emendations as they see fit, just as we've done with pamphlets. Then we can give a clean copy to Bar. Or, if the general will is to keep that kind of sensitive material directly in our possession, to give Bar more general notes including information about how to access our notes."
He has no reason at all to mistrust Bar, and she's seemed to be entirely reliable thus far. But notes are one thing, and detailed accounts of their personal experience with illegal revolutionary activity are another. That's the kind of information that isn't usually written down, especially without coded phrases, for the precise reason that a single slip or raid could put it into the hands of a man like Javert, with disastrous consequences. It goes a little against the grain to hand something like that over to Bar's control, but there are also logistical reasons to consider doing so.