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Les Misérables: resumen de Book 6: The Sleepless Night, Chapter 2

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In Chapter 2, Cosette and Marius marry in civil and church ceremonies, then return to the Gillenormand house for a joyful wedding feast. Jean Valjean leaves before dinner, citing pain in his injured hand, and Marius takes his empty chair beside Cosette as the celebration continues without him.

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  1. Cosette and Marius marry, while M. Gillenormand escorts the bride because Jean Valjean keeps his arm in a sling.
  2. The couple return to the decorated house, where guests greet Cosette and she shows Jean Valjean tender affection.
  3. Before dinner, Jean Valjean leaves a message that his injured hand hurts and asks to be excused.
  4. M. Gillenormand places Marius in Jean Valjean’s empty chair, and the guests soon forget the absent man.
  5. M. Gillenormand toasts the couple and urges them to make loving each other their chief purpose.
  6. After laughter and dancing, the newlyweds withdraw, and the narrator reflects on marriage as a sacred union.

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