Bahorel gives Fantine a few names, and more information; nothing that could incriminate anyone, but people good to know, people who'll think well of the fighters of 1832. A survivor of the Chanvrerie barricade shouldn't need any further passcode than that.
"I 'll talk to her, too, if I see her--but you'll likely see her sooner, and there are surely things she'd rather discuss with you. Ah, and there's this--" he takes out his sketchbook and writes down three names, reading them off as he does so--respectable women's names, all of them.
"This is I don't mind being on paper. There's nothing very political about these ladies; they have their political ideas, but they could say hello to any officer without worrying. They're just respectable women, married, or widowed, with nice respectable friends, not a touch of scandal about them--but they weren't born Respectable, you understand, and they're understanding about new friends who don't have family names with titles in front going back before the Revolution. If Cosette wants to broaden her circles a little, she could arrange to visit them; tell them she heard of them through a friend from Lyon. They won't pry." And sometimes someone who won't pry is all a person wants for a while.
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"I 'll talk to her, too, if I see her--but you'll likely see her sooner, and there are surely things she'd rather discuss with you. Ah, and there's this--" he takes out his sketchbook and writes down three names, reading them off as he does so--respectable women's names, all of them.
"This is I don't mind being on paper. There's nothing very political about these ladies; they have their political ideas, but they could say hello to any officer without worrying. They're just respectable women, married, or widowed, with nice respectable friends, not a touch of scandal about them--but they weren't born Respectable, you understand, and they're understanding about new friends who don't have family names with titles in front going back before the Revolution. If Cosette wants to broaden her circles a little, she could arrange to visit them; tell them she heard of them through a friend from Lyon. They won't pry." And sometimes someone who won't pry is all a person wants for a while.