Les Misérables, Book 5: For a Black Hunt, a Mute Pack, Chapter 9 summary
Book 5: For a Black Hunt, a Mute Pack, Chapter 9 of 365 · 6 min to read the chapter
In Chapter 9, Jean Valjean discovers that the gardener is Fauchelevent, whose life he saves and whose convent job he arranges two years earlier. Fauchelevent welcomes the chance to repay him, agrees to protect his secrets, and shelters him and Cosette in his hidden hut.
What happens
- Jean Valjean offers a hundred francs for shelter, and the gardener recognizes him as Father Madeleine.
- Valjean recognizes Fauchelevent, who explains that he covers melons against frost and wears a bell to warn the convent’s women.
- Valjean learns that he is inside the Petit-Picpus convent, where men other than Fauchelevent are forbidden.
- Valjean appeals to their shared past, and Fauchelevent eagerly agrees to help without revealing or investigating his secrets.
- Cosette sleeps beside a warm fire in Fauchelevent’s bed while the two men sit together over food and wine.
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What to notice
Valjean turns his earlier rescue of Fauchelevent into a direct appeal for help. Fauchelevent responds with joy rather than reluctance.
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Why does Fauchelevent wear a bell?
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