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CHAPTER XV
JONDRETTE MAKES
HIS PURCHASES
A few moments later, about three o’clock, Courfeyrac
chanced to be passing along the Rue Mouffetard in compa-
ny with Bossuet. The snow had redoubled in violence, and
filled the air. Bossuet was just saying to Courfeyrac:—
‘One would say, to see all these snow-flakes fall, that
there was a plague of white butterflies in heaven.’ All at
once, Bossuet caught sight of Marius coming up the street
towards the barrier with a peculiar air.
‘Hold!’ said Bossuet. ‘There’s Marius.’
‘I saw him,’ said Courfeyrac. ‘Don’t let’s speak to him.’
‘Why?’
‘He is busy.’
‘With what?’
‘Don’t you see his air?’
‘What air?’
‘He has the air of a man who is following some one.’
‘That’s true,’ said Bossuet.
‘Just see the eyes he is making!’ said Courfeyrac.
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