[He's already begun to turn away, but he stops. There's something here he cannot reconcile.
This man died, stood at his side and faced the national guard without fear. The man asks now for a task with all the eagerness Enjolras has ever seen in him-- and yet Enjolras suspects that eagerness will fade the moment the task becomes too hard.
Were they home he would ignore the discrepancy and trust his experience: Grantaire is unreliable and unable to be used as an aid. Were they home he might briefly consider consulting another about it, Enjolras is not ashamed to admit himself lacking in many areas, drawing on the strengths of his friends to supplement him. But he'd never have asked them something as useless as this. Were they home there would have been more important matters to consult on.
But they are not in Paris, his lieutenants are not here-- there is no one to help him and not enough to distract him from a puzzle he cannot make head or tail of.
Still half turned away-] Sleep. The water here won't kill you, I hear; try it. Worthless men can't achieve even that much.
[The reproach is out before he can stop it. He does not regret it, but he's aware of it's harshness. Perhaps it will spur the man into listening.]
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This man died, stood at his side and faced the national guard without fear. The man asks now for a task with all the eagerness Enjolras has ever seen in him-- and yet Enjolras suspects that eagerness will fade the moment the task becomes too hard.
Were they home he would ignore the discrepancy and trust his experience: Grantaire is unreliable and unable to be used as an aid. Were they home he might briefly consider consulting another about it, Enjolras is not ashamed to admit himself lacking in many areas, drawing on the strengths of his friends to supplement him. But he'd never have asked them something as useless as this. Were they home there would have been more important matters to consult on.
But they are not in Paris, his lieutenants are not here-- there is no one to help him and not enough to distract him from a puzzle he cannot make head or tail of.
Still half turned away-] Sleep. The water here won't kill you, I hear; try it. Worthless men can't achieve even that much.
[The reproach is out before he can stop it. He does not regret it, but he's aware of it's harshness. Perhaps it will spur the man into listening.]