Les Misérables, Book 3: In 1817, Chapter 9: riassunto
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In Chapter 9, Fantine and her companions wait for a promised surprise, only to receive a letter announcing that the four men have abandoned them and are returning to their parents. The others treat the departure as a joke, but Fantine weeps alone because she loves Tholomyès and has a child.
Cosa succede
- The four women watch the men leave Café Bombarda and expect them to return with something pleasing.
- Passing stagecoaches entertain the women, and Favourite mocks Fantine’s surprise when one briefly stops.
- A waiter delivers a letter that the men instruct him to withhold for an hour.
- The letter announces the men’s departure for their parents and presents their abandonment as a return to respectable life.
- Favourite, Dahlia, and Zéphine laugh over the trick, and Fantine joins them.
- Alone in her room an hour afterward, Fantine weeps; the narrator reveals that she has a child.
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Cosa notare
The sentence overturns Fantine’s apparent amusement. Her private response distinguishes her situation from her companions’ joking reactions.
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Why does the waiter delay delivering the letter?
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