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1  Javert appeared to be more irritated than amazed at this.

Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER II—EMBRYONIC FORMATION OF CRIMES IN THE ...

2  Gavroche's amazement was always brief and speedily thawed.

Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 15: CHAPTER IV—GAVROCHE'S EXCESS OF ZEAL

3  Montparnasse watched him with amazement, as he disappeared in the dusk.

Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER II—MOTHER PLUTARQUE FINDS NO DIFFICULTY IN ...

4  He was seated near the table, the light from the candles brought out the dilapidation of his costume, which Father Gillenormand regarded with amazement.

Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER VII—THE OLD HEART AND THE YOUNG HEART IN THE ...

5  It was several minutes before Father Gillenormand, dulled with amazement and joy, could see anything except a brightness as when one is in the presence of an apparition.

Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER VII—THE OLD HEART AND THE YOUNG HEART IN THE ...

6  In the presence of these two lines, he was horribly dazzled; he remained for a moment, crushed, as it were, by the change of emotion which was taking place within him, he stared at Marius' note with a sort of intoxicated amazement, he had before his eyes that splendor, the death of a hated individual.

Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 15: CHAPTER III—WHILE COSETTE AND TOUSSAINT ARE ASLEEP

7  He strode straight up to Enjolras, the insurgents withdrawing before him with a religious fear; he tore the flag from Enjolras, who recoiled in amazement and then, since no one dared to stop or to assist him, this old man of eighty, with shaking head but firm foot, began slowly to ascend the staircase of paving-stones arranged in the barricade.

Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 14: CHAPTER II—THE FLAG: ACT SECOND