Les Misérables, Book 13: Marius Enters the Shadow, Chapter 1 summary
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In Chapter 1, Marius leaves the garden and heads toward the barricade, carrying Javert’s pistols and hoping to die. His route takes him from ordinary city life through crowds and military positions into deserted streets, where an abandoned barricade and a passing bullet mark the danger he keeps approaching.
What happens
- Marius answers the summons to the barricade by leaving the garden, driven by grief and a wish to die.
- He crosses lively streets, then reaches darker stretches where silent crowds gather near military positions.
- He slips past the troops, avoids patrols, and enters streets without people or lights.
- An unidentified figure runs past him before he crosses an abandoned barricade and finds two wandering white horses.
- A bullet pierces a hanging shaving basin near his head, but he continues through the darkness.
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