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Discussion prompts:

1. Madeleine finally does it: He admitted being Valjean. Are you still surprised at this point, or did you know he was going to do that all along?
2. This is one of Valjean's biggest chunks of speech so far—and a badass one at that. What do you think?
3. What a reaction from the people! Do you find their astonished state, which made them let Valjean walk away instead of capturing him immediately, likely? Why do you think everyone found it hard to believe that he is indeed Valjean, even his prison-mates who spent years with him?
4. Other points of discussion? Lines that stood out to you?

Final line:

Less than an hour after this, the verdict of the jury freed the said Champmathieu from all accusations; and Champmathieu, being at once released, went off in a state of stupefaction, thinking that all men were fools, and comprehending nothing of this vision.

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