Sammendrag av Germinal på Part 7, Chapter 2

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1. Walking beside the canal, Étienne and Souvarine debate inequality, revolution, and whether a just society is possible.
2. Souvarine describes Annutchka’s execution and declares that personal attachments must not interfere with revolutionary killing.
3. They discuss the Company’s offer to returning miners and the dangerous shaft lining before Souvarine announces his departure.
4. Catherine prepares to resume work, and Étienne decides to join her despite his earlier refusal.
5. Souvarine tries to send Étienne home, then lets him proceed with Catherine and watches them enter the Voreux.

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Étienne’s sudden promise reverses his refusal to return underground. His attachment to Catherine draws him toward the mine that Souvarine has secretly damaged.

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