Les Misérables, Book 8: The Wicked Poor Man, Chapter 11 summary
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In Chapter 11, Marius accepts the elder Jondrette girl’s offer of help and asks her to find the address of the visiting father and daughter. Her promise gives him hope, but Jondrette’s claim to recognize someone redirects his attention to the neighboring room and its possible answers.
What happens
- Marius returns to his room, annoyed with the elder Jondrette girl and unable to locate the departed visitors.
- She holds his door open, notices his distress, and offers to run errands or find people for him.
- Marius asks her to find the visitors’ address, and she pointedly identifies his interest in the daughter.
- She promises the address after Marius agrees to give her anything she wants, then shuts the door.
- Hearing Jondrette claim to recognize someone, Marius climbs onto his dresser and looks through the partition’s peephole.
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