Enjolras listens thoughtfully to all of this speculation. The first two suggestions are reasonable enough, the third fantastic -- not necessarily incorrect, but something whose likelihood Enjolras will leave to others to hash out -- but as Bahorel says, in many ways it's not entirely relevant.
Enjolras's opinion of Victor Hugo may shift somewhat depending on what the man thought he was doing. But no matter what, Fauchelevent in 1833 is at Milliways, with people who can read this book of 1862 that uses the name Jean Valjean for a virtuous convict's story.
"Yes."
There's nothing to be done to change the facts.
"I'll tell him. He won't take it well."
He hasn't forgotten the way the dignified old man flinched like a whipped dog at the suggestion that Enjolras knew he was a convict; the way that even at the end of that conversation, even knowing he spoke to a republican and a murderer and a man who valued equality to the point of death, Valjean apologized for any offense in saying he respected Enjolras. As if there could ever be offense in such a thing! Humility is a virtue, up to a point, but self-abasement is something different.
[OOC: Kindly pretend that Enjolras said the letters on Valjean's shoulder were TP a moment ago, since the mun forgot to check that. Oops.]
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Enjolras's opinion of Victor Hugo may shift somewhat depending on what the man thought he was doing. But no matter what, Fauchelevent in 1833 is at Milliways, with people who can read this book of 1862 that uses the name Jean Valjean for a virtuous convict's story.
"Yes."
There's nothing to be done to change the facts.
"I'll tell him. He won't take it well."
He hasn't forgotten the way the dignified old man flinched like a whipped dog at the suggestion that Enjolras knew he was a convict; the way that even at the end of that conversation, even knowing he spoke to a republican and a murderer and a man who valued equality to the point of death, Valjean apologized for any offense in saying he respected Enjolras. As if there could ever be offense in such a thing! Humility is a virtue, up to a point, but self-abasement is something different.
[OOC: Kindly pretend that Enjolras said the letters on Valjean's shoulder were TP a moment ago, since the mun forgot to check that. Oops.]