When\"hisUrsule，\"afterhavingreachedtheendofthewalk，retracedherstepswithM。Leblanc，andpassedinfrontofthebenchonwhichMariushadseatedhimselfoncemore，Mariusdartedasullenandferociousglanceather。Theyounggirlgavewaytothatslightstraighteningupwithabackwardmovement，accompaniedbyaraisingoftheeyelids，whichsignifies:\"Well，whatisthematter？\"
Thiswas\"theirfirstquarrel。\"
Mariushadhardlymadethissceneatherwithhiseyes，whensomeonecrossedthewalk。Itwasaveteran，verymuchbent，extremelywrinkled，andpale，inauniformoftheLouisXV。
pattern，bearingonhisbreastthelittleovalplaqueofredcloth，withthecrossedswords，thesoldier’scrossofSaint—Louis，andadorned，inaddition，withacoat—sleeve，whichhadnoarmwithinit，withasilverchinandawoodenleg。Mariusthoughtheperceivedthatthismanhadanextremelywellsatisfiedair。
Itevenstruckhimthattheagedcynic，ashehobbledalongpasthim，addressedtohimaveryfraternalandverymerrywink，asthoughsomechancehadcreatedanunderstandingbetweenthem，andasthoughtheyhadsharedsomepieceofgoodlucktogether。