They walk at a fairly brisk pace, though stopping abruptly every so often when Jehan wants to examine a fern or a stone, or to stare at a bird in the sky.

Jehan doesn't feel the need to say very much, not with Enjolras, so they walk in peaceable silence for some time.

He does, however, stop stock-still when a large swan flaps across his vision. A white one, but even so.