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Les Misérables: resumen de Book 12: Corinthe, Chapter 8

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In Chapter 8, Le Cabuc shoots a porter who refuses to open a house, and Enjolras executes him to enforce discipline among the insurgents. Enjolras condemns the violence he considers necessary and declares his hope for universal love, while a police connection casts doubt on Le Cabuc’s identity.

Qué sucede

  1. Le Cabuc urges fellow drinkers to seize a tall house as a firing position and demands entry.
  2. When the porter refuses to open the door, Le Cabuc shoots him dead at an upper window.
  3. Enjolras forces Le Cabuc to kneel, allows him one minute, and shoots him.
  4. Enjolras defends revolutionary discipline but condemns killing and speaks of a future governed by love.
  5. The narrator reports a police card on Le Cabuc’s body and a tradition identifying him as Claquesous.
  6. Courfeyrac sees the small young man who asks him about Marius that morning return to the barricade.

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What does Enjolras allow Le Cabuc before executing him?

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