
Madeleine et Fantine, 27awayMadeleine et Fantine, 27 by ~Spirit-Lily
"You have to leave?" Fantine repeated.
Jean Valjean nodded. "I'm afraid so."
"How long will you be gone?"
"About a month."
"An entire month?!"
The man's eyes saddened. "The Parisian police are insistent. Apparently there's been an outbreak of..." Jean Valjean checked his letter again. "...'anti-monarchy tension amongst the student population'."
"Why don't they send Javert?"
"I've no idea."
Cosette frowned. "But the students are right, aren't they? I mean, isn't monarchy bad?"
"Yes," Jean Valjean replied without hesitation. "And no," he added, this time with some hesitation.
"Papa?"
"Jean?"
"If not for the injustice of the cu