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Discussion prompts:

1. Monsieur Mabeuf reappears, and is more destitute than ever. I can’t help but draw parallels between this man and the Bishop Bienvenu. Both are very old men who love plants, and both play a sort of important figure in shaping important male characters. Both live in poverty, except one does it more willingly than the other. Thoughts?
2. Éponine appears in Monsieur Mabeuf’s garden, looking for Marius. Why do you think Éponine does so? How do you think she feels for Marius? What is your impression on her, specially compared to the rest of the Thénardiers/Jondrettes?
3. Other points of discussion? Favorite lines?

Final line:

"In sooth, that greatly resembles what Rubaudiere narrates of the goblins. Could it have been a goblin?"

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