[While once he might have politely declined, so valuing his privacy and each precious moment with Cosette, at present Jean Valjean finds it difficult to object to her offer. The silence of the sleeping masses has the tendency to amplify loneliness, and so he welcomes another living soul to help stave it off.]
When you are ready, madame.
[He inclines his head toward the young woman in the pod to indicate that Claire might spend a final moment bidding good bye, for now, to her daughter. He moves back to allow her space.]
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[While once he might have politely declined, so valuing his privacy and each precious moment with Cosette, at present Jean Valjean finds it difficult to object to her offer. The silence of the sleeping masses has the tendency to amplify loneliness, and so he welcomes another living soul to help stave it off.]
When you are ready, madame.
[He inclines his head toward the young woman in the pod to indicate that Claire might spend a final moment bidding good bye, for now, to her daughter. He moves back to allow her space.]