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Les Misérables (V1)By Victor Hugo ContextHighlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER X—THE BISHOP IN THE PRESENCE OF AN UNKNOWN LIGHT
2 Little by little, as he gazed at her, he grew calm and regained possession of his freedom of mind.
Les Misérables (V2)By Victor Hugo ContextHighlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER VIII—THE ENIGMA BECOMES DOUBLY MYSTERIOUS
3 So long as Monseigneur held his peace, she talked to him resolutely with a mixture of respect and freedom; but as soon as Monseigneur began to speak, as we have seen, she obeyed passively like her mistress.
Les Misérables (V1)By Victor Hugo ContextHighlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER II—PRUDENCE COUNSELLED TO WISDOM.