[Masterpiece Les Miserables] Paris Sparks

Shortly after Corona woke up, Marius also woke up.

Moreover, unlike Corona's repeated injuries and delays, although Marius' injuries were dangerous at the beginning, he recovered quickly after waking up.This can be seen from Cosette's face: when she came back from the swamp day by day, she wore more and more smiles on her face.Finally one day, Marius' injury was good enough to meet the guests, and his benevolent grandfather invited Cosette to meet his children.Fantine had gone that day with Cosette, and came back very late; Cosette was so radiant that the radiance of happiness almost shone across the room.

"Oh, you don't know how happy I am today!" she said in a lark-like light voice, flying to Corona's bed and sitting down, "as if I were in heaven. Oh, heaven can have such Are you happy? I really want to talk about everything that happened today, but somehow I can't remember it. My mind seems to be full of lights, and Marius and I have said it What? Seems to be talking all the time, but doesn't seem to be saying anything. It's lovely there! One of the loveliest rooms I've ever seen."

Corona listened to her with a smile on her face. "What's that room like?" She asked with enthusiasm.

Cosette blinked. "I don't remember exactly," she said.

"How big is it, you always know, right?"

"The drawing-room seems to be about the same size as ours," said Cosette. "No, it seems smaller. . . . I only remember that I was sitting next to Marius. There were brown patterns on his sheets."

All her attention was on Marius, and she did not bother to look at her surroundings at all!It was only because Marius was there that she found it lovely.Coronne herself had been in such a mood. While she was happy about their sweetness, she also felt a kind of worry similar to Fantine's, fearing that she would love too deeply and lose herself because she only saw Marius in her eyes.

"Also, Marius' grandfather proposed to me on his behalf!" Cosette chirped. Since Coronne handled her own marriage, in this family, it was never felt that girls discussing their own marriage Something to be ashamed of, "Mom didn't agree. She said she wanted to ask you and your father for advice. But I know you and your father will definitely agree, don't you?" she said, shaking Corona's hand lovingly. "You will agree! Otherwise, why would you send Marius to me from the barricade?"

Corona smiled and raised her hand to straighten her hair. "Before I promise, I want to see and talk with Marius again," she said.

But the meeting dragged on.Marius broke his collarbone in the final battle and had to lie in bed for several months; Corona's recovery was slow.Two months later, she was able to walk on her own, but she still coughed from time to time, and felt pain in her left lung and shortness of breath when she walked quickly.The invited doctor, Gongbefei, and Ruoli all came to the same conclusion: after recuperation, her body can still gradually get better, but if it comes to practicing swordsmanship and staff skills, she must be on the barricades as before. Fighting in battle is no longer possible.

Almost everyone who saw her fight felt sorry for it.Corona herself accepted the matter calmly.

"It doesn't matter at all." Instead, she went to comfort Combeferre. "In the first place, how many chances did I have to fight with others? On the bright side, I can no longer take to the streets to fight, but Fantine and Cosette You don't have to worry about that anymore."

Combeferre smiled wryly. "I don't believe you can be willing to stop fighting."

"There are too many things in this world that I am not willing to do." Corona said.Her further reply was interrupted by a cough, which Combeferre handed her a handkerchief and watched her with a frown as it passed away.After the cough subsided, she continued slightly out of breath: "But what's the use of being unwilling? Besides, I have nothing to do. The failure this time is that we didn't see the will of the army and the people more clearly. Blindfolded by revolutionary zeal. We need to learn from our failures and make sure this doesn’t happen again. And that’s where I can help.”

Since [-], she has run the literacy class for women workers for nearly nine years; the girls' secondary school opened in [-] has been running for two years now.She is the only one in Paris who cares so much about the education of working women that all the working women and poor girls who want to be educated in Paris flock to her.Half the working girls in Paris knew Coronne, Anne, and Fantine, and the other half at least had heard their names.They work in button factories, textile factories, wool factories, fan factories, dye factories, paper factories, and glass factories.Their parents, brothers, and children are all over Paris, and Corona can call out the names of many urchins on the street.Among the first batch of female workers who received education, many have sought better positions through literacy: often maids and governesses from wealthy families, some went to apply for female teachers in other primary schools, a few even Became the housekeeper of a small noble family.

When Corona planned to teach Annie to read and write many years ago, she had no other intentions, but she wanted to do something and help her new friend.But before she knew it, she had the largest intelligence network in Paris in her hands today.

"Fighting isn't just about charging," she said, her voice weak but firm. "I can still fight."

The meeting with Marius finally dragged on until November.On the day they finally met, Marius looked beaming and radiant.Next to him was his grandfather, looking kind and amiable, not at all the stubborn old man who had had a fight with his grandson and thrown him out of the house.Corona and Fantine went to the door.Father Gillenormand looked at Corona and was as dumb as he had been when he first saw Cosette.

"How lovely!" he exclaimed, "what a family out of a picture is this! I should have guessed that Cosette is not so beautiful for nothing. It is the work of God! I heard you I was sick before, miss, such a beautiful girl should not be sick, and you should avoid all difficulties and dangers in the world! You are suitable to be a marquis, to enjoy a peaceful and beautiful love, and to hold you in your arms A blond baby, that is the greatest happiness in the world!"

Marius immediately went to see Corona.He had met her at ABC, had heard her speak a few times, and knew that such a thing, if said in the Collins Tavern, would immediately annoy her.But Corona had a calm smile on her face, she looked gentle and kind, extremely sweet.She even smiled and stretched out her hand to give her grandfather a firm shake.

"You are too good! I should have apologized to you: I heard that the engagement should have been made a few months ago, and you and Marius were kept waiting because of my illness in England." In the past few months, it is really my fault! Please come and sit first."

What they said to the outside world was that Coronne got pneumonia in the rain when she was in England, and she was seriously ill because of it, and it was the same argument for Papa Gillenormand.Marius looked at her in amazement, never knowing that Corona had such a soft and demure ladylike appearance.But the quick-tempered Papa Gillenormand, who had never met Coronne, didn't know what she looked like in ABC, didn't care about it.After they entered the living room and sat down, the eyes of Marius and Cosette naturally glued together.They looked at each other as if they had forgotten that anyone else was in the living room.The old maid came up to pour tea, and before she poured the tea for several people one by one, the impatient grandfather said: "Madame Fantine, and Miss Evermond—I have the honor to express my grandson, Baron Pontmercy Miss O'Fraghi proposes."

Fantine made no answer, but she did not have to answer either: Father Gillenormand had mentioned it to her, and to Jean Valjean, a few months before, and neither of them objected.Both looked at Corona.

"I have no objection. There is only one condition. I want to declare in advance. You already know the property under Cosette's name, don't you?"

"She has three hundred thousand francs to her name," said Father Gillenormand.

Corona raised her eyebrows in surprise.

"I gave it to her," said Jean Valjean beside him.

"Mr. Jean donated half of his property to Cosette." Fantine confirmed.

Corona nodded without asking further questions. "That's right. My father also bequeathed me a lot of property. I have always planned to divide his bequest into three parts, and I, Fantine and Cosette will each get a part. Cosette Her share includes a manor, two vineyards, and dozens of hectares of fields. In the past two years, the affairs of these manors have been handed over to her, and the income is all at her disposal, with an annual income of at least [-] francs. If you and Marius agree to one condition, when they get married, I will formally go through the notarization procedures and transfer these properties to Cosette."

Father Gillenormand stared at her in shock. "Thirty thousand francs a year!" he exclaimed.

"Exactly. The property itself is worth about six hundred thousand francs. But I would venture to make a request..."

She politely stopped the second half of the sentence.

"On what terms?" asked Father Gillenormand.

"Don't worry, I'm not trying to embarrass you—Marius and I are also good friends, and I couldn't be happier to see such a marriage come true." Corona said, showing a sweet and moving smile.Because she had just recovered from a serious injury, her face was still a little pale, which made her smile weak and harmless, "Just think about it: Cosette is ten years younger than me. I have watched her grow up all these years, and I am not married yet. In my heart, I really regard her as a younger sister and a daughter. Sometimes I love her too much, fearing that she will suffer, and fearing that she will not be able to care about her all the time in the future. She cannot withstand the wind and rain outside. I'm so sorry."

"Even if I get married, am I not your sister or your relative, Corona!" Cosette smiled carefreely, "I can come to see you from time to time—no, I Come and see you every day! Or you can come and see us, and we'll have dinner together, and nothing will change, you'll just feel happier!"

"Of course, I don't doubt your future happiness!" Corona smiled, "It's just that the world is impermanent—at your age, you have experienced many more things than us, so you must understand this truth best—— ―After much deliberation, I have to leave something for Cosette as a backing to be at ease. Surely you won't blame me for this mood, M. Gillenormand?"

"Of course, of course!" M. Gillenormand agreed.

"You are the most considerate person! It would be best if you don't blame me. My request is, Cosette's original property: whether it is the 30 francs, her own savings, or what Fantine gave her. I have no objection to the property, as she may dispose of it. Only this part of my gift to her, specifically, this estate, two vineyards, sixty hectares of fields, and all their proceeds, must Cosette's own property. The management of the manor and vineyards is entirely at the disposal of Cosette, and Marius and others are not allowed to interfere. If someone else interferes, or someone uses it without Cosette's consent I have the right to take back this property at any time.—Of course, I believe that Marius would not easily use Cosette’s property without writing this article. This is a natural thing, but it is just an extra legal It's just a formality, just let me have peace of mind!"

M. Gillenormand frowned a little at first, but seeing Marius looking at him so eagerly, he immediately gave in. "Okay, okay, whatever you say is what you say, as long as the marriage contract can be settled, then nothing else will be a problem!"

"Then it's settled." Corona agreed.So the two bowed to each other as a reply, and the grandfather turned to Marius and Cosette, raised his arms to bless them and shouted: "You are allowed to love each other."

How can a couple wait so long!In the past few months, they have been getting along almost as a couple, but now they are just barely suppressing themselves, and as soon as they get formal permission, they immediately start whispering.Monsieur Gillenormand turned cheerfully towards Fantine and Coronne, waving his arms.

"Look, what a pair of young people!" he praised with a flushed face. "How beautiful is love!"

Fantine had tears of joy in her eyes.Corona took her hand intimately and replied with a smile: "Yes, love is so beautiful!"

Her smile was flawless, as happy as anyone else present.

The author has something to say: Due to the needs of the list, I made a slight adjustment, and moved tomorrow's update to today's update~ The next update will be on the 9th

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