Chapter 2
Volume 2: 2: Cosette · Book 5: 5: A Dark Chase Needs a Silent Hound
2: It is Fortunate That Vehicles Can Cross the Bridge of Austerlitz
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UNCERTAINTY was at an end for Jean Valjean; happily, it still continued with these men. He took advantage of their hesitation; it was time lost for them, gained for him. He came out from the doorway in which he was concealed, and made his way into the Rue des Postes towards the region of the Jardin des Plantes. Cosette began to be tired; he took her in his arms, and carried her. There was nobody in the streets, and the lamps had not been lighted on account of the moon.
He doubled his pace. In a few steps, he reached the Goblet pottery, on the facade of which the old inscription stood out distinctly legible in the light of the moon: De Goblet fils c'est ici la fabrique ; Venez choisir des cruches et des brocs, Des pots fleurs, des tugaux, de la brique. A tout venant le Coeur vend des Carreaux.