Nor had he wished to be uprooted again so soon after settling into the house on Rue Plumet as well as his daily habits, the new life he had so meticulously crafted for Cosette and himself. None would wish for the world to perish; what he is grateful for is the miraculous chance at life when the end of times should have meant the end of men too.
It was with burgeoning relief - and in relief's shadow, the prick of guilt - that he realized too that this means all legal records are lost from any land ravaged by the darkness. A slate wiped clean, although he cautiously holds to his old habits of concealment nevertheless.
"Yes, even if it is but little, I see to help where I can," he answers simply.
By now, they are nearing the first address on the list.
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It was with burgeoning relief - and in relief's shadow, the prick of guilt - that he realized too that this means all legal records are lost from any land ravaged by the darkness. A slate wiped clean, although he cautiously holds to his old habits of concealment nevertheless.
"Yes, even if it is but little, I see to help where I can," he answers simply.
By now, they are nearing the first address on the list.