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1  I am afraid of Monsieur Javert.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER XIII—THE SOLUTION OF SOME QUESTIONS CONNECTED ...
2  Do not be afraid, no one sees me.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER VI—OLD PEOPLE ARE MADE TO GO OUT OPPORTUNELY
3  Cosette was no longer afraid of the Thenardier.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER IX—THENARDIER AND HIS MANOEUVRES
4  The scarred veteran was afraid of that old spinster.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER II—ONE OF THE RED SPECTRES OF THAT EPOCH
5  Father," said she, in a very low voice, "I am afraid.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER V—WHICH WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE WITH GAS LANTERNS
6  One is afraid to glance behind him, yet desirous of doing so.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER V—THE LITTLE ONE ALL ALONE
7  He had seen white mice in the course of his life, and he was not afraid of them.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER II—IN WHICH LITTLE GAVROCHE EXTRACTS PROFIT FROM ...
8  He was not afraid, but he could not think without a shudder of what was about to take place.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER XVI—IN WHICH WILL BE FOUND THE WORDS TO AN ...
9  I ain't afraid, I ain't a coward, but there ain't anything more to do, or otherwise they'd lead us a dance.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER III—THE VICISSITUDES OF FLIGHT
10  The police agents were afraid of making a mistake; the prefect laid the blame on them; a mistake meant dismissal.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER X—WHICH EXPLAINS HOW JAVERT GOT ON THE SCENT
11  The gamin approached this pensive personage, and began to step around him on tiptoe, as one walks in the vicinity of a person whom one is afraid of waking.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 12: CHAPTER VII—THE MAN RECRUITED IN THE RUE DES BILLETTES
12  Cosette did not complain, she said nothing, she asked no questions, she did not seek to learn his reasons; she had already reached the point where she was afraid of being divined, and of betraying herself.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VII—TO ONE SADNESS OPPOSE A SADNESS AND A HALF
13  She panted with a sort of painful rattle; sobs contracted her throat, but she dared not weep, so afraid was she of the Thenardier, even at a distance: it was her custom to imagine the Thenardier always present.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER V—THE LITTLE ONE ALL ALONE
14  And for the sake of obeying her father, she resumed her walks in the garden, generally alone, for, as we have mentioned, Jean Valjean, who was probably afraid of being seen through the fence, hardly ever went there.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER I—A WOUND WITHOUT, HEALING WITHIN
15  Javert thought that the young man, whose name he had forgotten, was afraid, and had fled, or perhaps, had not even returned home at the time of the ambush; he made some efforts to find him, however, but without success.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I—THE LARK'S MEADOW
16  In the meantime, the three little girls were grouped in an attitude of profound anxiety and blissfulness; an event had happened; a big worm had emerged from the ground, and they were afraid; and they were in ecstasies over it.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER I—ONE MOTHER MEETS ANOTHER MOTHER
17  She did not question herself as to the peculiarity of a chimney-pot which is afraid of being caught in the act, and which retires when some one looks at its shadow, for the shadow had taken the alarm when Cosette had turned round, and Cosette had thought herself very sure of this.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER II—COSETTE'S APPREHENSIONS
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