"Javert told her? --Oh, I'm sure he was very kind. Patient and understanding too, no doubt." Bahorel curses softly. "That's what comes of keeping quiet!-- Yes, I knew he'd been--acting ridiculous, hiding away from her; her father, I mean. Her father!" It still seems impossible, a farce to make some sort of point. "I talked to him about it. I should have talked to her! I should have talked to you! I'm sorry, and it was my own damn fault; I thought there were better ways for the story to come out, and there are, but that's no excuse; and all that's come of it is her learning in the worst way she could." There's no terrible self-flagellation in the apology;it's a true statement, that's all, something that needs to be said and accepted before anything else useful can be done. "Only, he said to me what he said to you--that he was still seeing her every day, that there was nothing else to be done. What he said to you! And you talked to him, too, and still he went so far--!"
That Valjean might ignore Bahorel, a man he barely knows, is one thing. That he'd ignore Cosette's own mother--that's something else entirely.
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Date: 2016-02-02 02:52 am (UTC)That Valjean might ignore Bahorel, a man he barely knows, is one thing. That he'd ignore Cosette's own mother--that's something else entirely.