les miserables

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jehans:

She walked bending forward, her head down, like an old woman; the weight of the bucket strained and stiffened her thin arms. The iron handle was numbing and freezing her little wet hands; from time to time she had to stop, and every time she stopped, the cold water that sloshed out of the bucket splashed onto her bare knees. This took place in the depth of the woods, at night, in the winter, far from all human sight; she was a child of eight. At that moment only the Eternal Father saw this sad thing.

And undoubtedly her mother, alas!

For there are things that open the eyes of the dead in their grave.

Victor Hugo | Les Misérables

 

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handatthelevelofyoureye:

i just noticed…
in “every day”, the lyrics go

cosette: i saw you waiting and i knew
marius: waiting for you at your feet
cosette: at your call

aside from marius kissing the tip of cosette’s foot, the theme of “at your feet” also applies to two other pairings, although in a more morbid context. one is eponine and marius —

“Monsieur Marius!” repeated the voice.
This time he could not doubt that he had heard it distinctly; he looked and saw nothing.
“At your feet,” said the voice.

and the other is enjolras and grantaire —

Enjolras, pierced by eight bullets, remained leaning against the wall, as though the balls had nailed him there. Only, his head was bowed.
Grantaire fell at his feet, as though struck by a thunderbolt.

Oh god, I never noticed that Eponine-Grantaire parallel before.

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