\nXI<\/strong><\/div>\nWHAT HE DOES NEXT<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\nJean Valjean listened.\u00a0 Not a sound.\nHe pushed the door.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
He pushed it lightly with the tip of his finger, with a cat\u2019s stealthy, timorous care.\u00a0 The door yielded to the pressure with a slight, imperceptible movement widening the opening slightly.<\/div>\nHe waited a moment, then pushed the door again more firmly.\u00a0 This time a poorly oiled hinge suddenly let out a harsh and prolonged creak into the darkness.\n<\/div>\nJean Valjean trembled.\u00a0 The noise sounded in his ears as clear and terrible as the last trumpet on the Judgment Day.\u00a0 In the fantastic exaggeration of this instant, he knew that the hinge had become animate and suddenly endowed with a terrible life, that it was barking like a dog to waken all sleepers.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\nThe old man, the bishop, Monseigneur Bienvenu rose.\u00a0 The old women screamed.\u00a0 Jean Valjean turned to flee, but his way was blocked by the Bishop who held a musket.\n\u201cMonsieur,\u201d said the Bishop, \u201cYou have entered this house of God with the intent to steal and to rob.\u00a0 But,\u00a0Nisi gladiis tutatur domum, qui custodiant eam vigilate in frustra.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0 He fired the musket and the shot rang out in the darkened house.\u00a0 Smoke and the screams of the old nuns filled the room as Jean Valjean sagged to the floor and died.<\/p>\n
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