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He discovered the house in the Rue Plumet, and hid him-
self from sight there. Henceforth he was in the possession of
the name:— Ultime Fauchelevent.
At the same time he hired two other apartments in Par-
is, in order that he might attract less attention than if he
were to remain always in the same quarter, and so that he
could, at need, take himself off at the slightest disquietude
which should assail him, and in short, so that he might not
again be caught unprovided as on the night when he had
so miraculously escaped from Javert. These two apartments
were very pitiable, poor in appearance, and in two quarters
which were far remote from each other, the one in the Rue
de l’Ouest, the other in the Rue de l’Homme Arme.
He went from time to time, now to the Rue de l’Homme
Arme, now to the Rue de l’Ouest, to pass a month or six
weeks, without taking Toussaint. He had himself served by
the porters, and gave himself out as a gentleman from the
suburbs, living on his funds, and having a little temporary
resting-place in town. This lofty virtue had three domiciles
in Paris for the sake of escaping from the police.

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