Whereweretheyallthen？wasitreallytruethatallweredead？
Afallintotheshadowshadcarriedoffallexcepthimself。
Itallseemedtohimtohavedisappearedasthoughbehindthecurtainofatheatre。Therearecurtainslikethiswhichdropinlife。
Godpassesontothefollowingact。
Andhehimself——washeactuallythesameman？He，thepoorman，wasrich；he，theabandoned，hadafamily；he，thedespairing，wastomarryCosette。Itseemedtohimthathehadtraversedatomb，andthathehadenteredintoitblackandhademergedfromitwhite，andinthattombtheothershadremained。Atcertainmoments，allthesebeingsofthepast，returnedandpresent，formedacirclearoundhim，andovershadowedhim；thenhethoughtofCosette，andrecoveredhisserenity；butnothinglessthanthisfelicitycouldhavesufficedtoeffacethatcatastrophe。