Victor Hugo

"Promise me!"

"I promise."

"Promise to give me a kiss on my brow when I am dead.—I shall feel it."

"And by the way, Monsieur Marius, I believe that I was a little bit in love with you."

Les femmes regardaient Booz plus qu'un jeune homme.

Car le jeune homme est beau, mais le vieillard est grand.

Le vieillard, qui revient vers la source première,

Entre aux jours éternels et sort des jours changeants;

Et l'on voit de la flamme aux yeux des jeunes gens,

Mais dans l'oeil du vieillard on voit de la lumière.

'Voilà longtemps que celle avec qui j'ai dormi,

O Seigneur! a quitté ma couche pour la vôtre;

Et nous sommes encor tout mêlés l'un à l'autre,

Elle à demi vivante et moi mort à demi.

The ruin of the French society of the olden days, the fall of his own family, the tragic spectacles of '93, which were, perhaps, even more alarming to the emigrants who viewed them from a distance, with the magnifying powers of terror

he is obeyed, because he is a just man among simple men.

Your Grace [Votre Grandeur]

As he spoke all tongues, he entered into all hearts.

To dare; that is the price of progress.

Would you abandon them for that? Would you turn their distress into a malediction?