2.5.10 chapter discussion (spoilers up to 2.5.10)

Discussion prompts:

1. What a dense and insightful chapter! We just got such a wealth of information and backstory!

2. Javert’s character develops! He showed some vanity and some pride, and towards the end quite a lot more of both.

3. Fate! All of those little things adding up to Valjean being noticed time and time again.

4. The comparisons with Napoleon, Caesar, Alexander really elevate Javert from a clever police officer to something much more. Do you think he deserves the comparison?

Last line:

At daybreak he left two sharp-witted men to keep watch, and returned to the Prefecture, ashamed, like a nark bested by a thief.

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