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CHAPTER IV

A CAB RUNS IN ENGLISH

AND BARKS IN SLANG

The following day was the 3d of June, 1832, a date which
it is necessary to indicate on account of the grave events
which at that epoch hung on the horizon of Paris in the state
of lightning-charged clouds. Marius, at nightfall, was pur-
suing the same road as on the preceding evening, with the
same thoughts of delight in his heart, when he caught sight
of Eponine approaching, through the trees of the boulevard.
Two days in succession— this was too much. He turned
hastily aside, quitted the boulevard, changed his course and
went to the Rue Plumet through the Rue Monsieur.
This caused Eponine to follow him to the Rue Plumet, a
thing which she had not yet done. Up to that time, she had
contented herself with watching him on his passage along
the boulevard without ever seeking to encounter him. It was
only on the evening before that she had attempted to ad-
dress him.
So Eponine followed him, without his suspecting the
fact. She saw him displace the bar and slip into the garden.

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