Chapter 2
Volume 2: 2: Cosette · Book 3: 3: Untitled (?)
2: Two Portraits Completed
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THE Thenardiers have hitherto been seen in this book in profile only; the time has come to turn this couple about and look at them on all sides.
Thenardier has just passed his fiftieth year; Madame Thenardier had reached her fortieth, which is the fiftieth for woman ; so that there was an equilibrium of age between the husband and wife.