Les Misérables, Book 9: Where Are They Going?, Chapter 2: riassunto
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In Chapter 2, Marius wanders Paris in despair after leaving M. Gillenormand, carrying loaded pistols and clinging to his appointment with Cosette. When he finds her house deserted, he decides that nothing remains but death, until a voice resembling Éponine’s directs him toward his friends at a barricade.
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- Marius leaves M. Gillenormand in despair, but the mention of Cousin Théodule does not make him suspect Cosette.
- After wandering and sleeping, Marius hears Courfeyrac invite him to General Lamarque’s funeral but scarcely understands him.
- He takes loaded pistols and spends the day wandering, focused only on seeing Cosette at nine.
- At Rue Plumet, he searches the deserted garden, knocks on closed shutters, and calls for Cosette without receiving an answer.
- Marius sits on the steps and decides that, without Cosette, nothing remains for him but death.
- A voice resembling Éponine’s summons him to his friends’ barricade; he glimpses someone resembling a young man running away.
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The appointment becomes Marius’s sole remaining hope. Finding the house empty therefore brings his despair to a crisis.
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Where does the mysterious voice say Marius’s friends are waiting?
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