"I thank you most kindly," Jehan says to Javert, sincerely. There's no higher compliment than having the likes of Javert want you guillotined!

"Bossuet, Joly! I imagine you can bear this better than many can, perhaps provide a model of friendship and solidarity in the endurance of discomfort to our friend the spy here. Here's the poem, if you want to look at it. I don't want to interrupt the singing."

He leans against Bahorel, and it gives him a good angle to view what Javert is now drawing. "But that's a very good likeness of you, though it doesn't quite capture your spirit. The spy must have studied your face very closely!"