Joly reaches out to press his shoulder. "At least we know word did get out. Maybe to someone clumsy enough to let Javert hear about it somehow, but it's still being talked about." He thinks for a moment. "I...really don't believe Javert will act against Monsieur Fauchelevent. So if it's only reached him, in some ways, he might be the safest of officers to hear about it. Not that he doesn't need to know, or that we didn't slip, but I don't think there's an immediate danger to him."

He thinks, he's not certain--not as he would be if Javert spoke about Fauchelevent the same way and was more stable. But it seems fairly sure.