Les Misérables, Book 5: For a Black Hunt, a Mute Pack, Chapter 7 summary
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In Chapter 7, Jean Valjean wraps the shivering Cosette in his coat and searches the building for warmer shelter, but a mysterious figure inside sends him fleeing. He returns shaken and feverish to find her asleep, while the nature of the strange house remains unexplained.
What happens
- Cosette says she is cold and asks whether Madame Thénardier is still nearby; Jean Valjean reassures her.
- He wraps Cosette in his coat and leaves her briefly to seek better shelter.
- Through an arched window, he sees a dim hall and a motionless humanlike form stretched across the floor.
- Unable to tell whether the figure is alive, he becomes terrified and runs back to the shed.
- He struggles to understand the strange building, then approaches Cosette and finds her asleep.
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