"Well, he feared Cosette wouldn't excuse him, that she would blame him!" Fantine shakes her head, still confused by how anyone could think that of her Cosette. "And then--there's everyone else, I suppose. He shouldn't pay them any mind, but--oh, it's hard not to, when everyone spits on you. I know it well enough! Perhaps he feels like that, too. It's hard to imagine, with him so strong and brave and good, but I can't think why else he would act like that. And if Javert threatened him, that might simply remind him of his past, it might make him feel all the more ashamed...though I still can't imagine it! Not M. Madeleine." It's one thing for she, Fantine, to feel like that, but this man, who's nearly an angel! "Oh, it makes no sense, but it must be what happened. I can't imagine who else could chase him from Cosette."