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CHAPTER V
A NIGHT BEHIND
WHICH THERE IS DAY
Jean Valjean turned round at the knock which he heard
on his door.
‘Come in,’ he said feebly.
The door opened.
Cosette and Marius made their appearance.
Cosette rushed into the room.
Marius remained on the threshold, leaning against the
jamb of the door.
‘Cosette!’ said Jean Valjean.
And he sat erect in his chair, his arms outstretched and
trembling, haggard, livid, gloomy, an immense joy in his
eyes.
Cosette, stifling with emotion, fell upon Jean Valjean’s
breast.
‘Father!’ said she.
Jean Valjean, overcome, stammered:
‘Cosette! she! you! Madame! it is thou! Ah! my God!’
And, pressed close in Cosette’s arms, he exclaimed:
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