Chapter 2
Volume 2: 2: Cosette · Book 4: 4: The Old Gorbeau House
2: A Nest for Owl and Wren
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BEFORE this Gorbeau tenement Jean Valjean stopped. Like the birds of prey, he had chosen this lonely place to make his nest.
He fumbled in his waistcoat and took from it a sort of nightkey, opened the door, entered, then carefully closed it again and ascended the stairway, still carrying Cosette.