I know. Revolutions have been handled in the same manner for some time now.
[ He had listened, he had learned, he had feared for his friends all throughout the planning stages of their revolution. He never claimed to know more than them, but a defeatist is an expert at pessimism. He never dwells on what he missed at the barricade for long. After all, he never truly wanted to see it. Some men can stomach it, but not Grantaire. He wanted to be there, but not to witness it.
He knows nothing of Jehan’s fate, separate from the others. He knows nothing of Marius’s recklessness. He knows nothing of inspector Javert or of Jean Valjean. All he knows takes place in that tiny room above the wine shop, and all he knows comes back to Enjolras.
Just as he turns back to Enjolras now, aching to take his hand once more. ]
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[ He had listened, he had learned, he had feared for his friends all throughout the planning stages of their revolution. He never claimed to know more than them, but a defeatist is an expert at pessimism. He never dwells on what he missed at the barricade for long. After all, he never truly wanted to see it. Some men can stomach it, but not Grantaire. He wanted to be there, but not to witness it.
He knows nothing of Jehan’s fate, separate from the others. He knows nothing of Marius’s recklessness. He knows nothing of inspector Javert or of Jean Valjean. All he knows takes place in that tiny room above the wine shop, and all he knows comes back to Enjolras.
Just as he turns back to Enjolras now, aching to take his hand once more. ]
May I thank you?