Les Misérables, Book 8: Cemeteries Take What Is Entrusted to Them, Chapter 2 summary
Book 8: Cemeteries Take What Is Entrusted to Them, Chapter 2 of 365 · 4 min to read the chapter
In Chapter 2, Fauchelevent asks the prioress to let his brother join him as a gardener and bring a young daughter into the convent. Instead of answering his request, the prioress asks him to obtain an iron bar for use as a lever by evening, then leaves him alone.
What happens
- The prioress summons Fauchelevent, who announces that he also has a request.
- The narrator explains how Fauchelevent quietly learns the convent’s secrets while earning the nuns’ trust.
- Fauchelevent describes his failing strength and asks permission for his brother to share the gardening work.
- He adds that his brother has a little daughter who could grow up in the convent.
- The prioress asks for an iron bar by evening, then enters the adjoining chapter hall without answering his request.
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What to notice
The question interrupts Fauchelevent’s effort to secure permission. It introduces a separate practical demand while leaving his request unanswered.
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What does the prioress ask Fauchelevent to obtain?
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