Javert snorts - with laughter this time - and lets go. He can draw them without them being in front of him, he was just amusing himself.

'I had not considered such a thing. Thank you for the idea.'

It is exactly what he was, and is, going to do. It had not occurred to him before this evening, and he cannot imagine why.

'There are plenty of young Sûreté men from the provinces who can pose as looking for you all.'