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1、ASuspiciousManAn hour before sunset in October 1815, a man traveling on foot entered a little town in France. The few people whowere at their windows at that hour nervously watched this wretched-looking traveler. He wore a coarse yellow shirt,blue trouser
2、s with holes in the knees, and a ragged, gray smock that was patched with green cloth sewed with twine.His hair was short and his beard was long. He appeared to be in his mid-forties, although it was difficult to tell becausea leather cap hid part of his
3、sweaty, dusty face. The man must have been walking all day because he appeared very weary. When he reached the center of town,he walked toward the mayor’s office. He went in and fifteen minutes later, he came out. The stranger made his waytoward the i
4、nn and entered the kitchen. The innkeeper was busy preparing a huge dinner in the fireplace. Hearing the door open and a newcomer enter, the innkeeper asked, without raising his eyes, "What does monsieurwant?" "Something to eat and a place to stay
5、." "Nothing is easier." The innkeeper looked up and started to smile, but then he saw his ragged guest. "For pay." The man drew a large leather purse from his pocket. "I have money." "Then I am at your service. Have a seat." While the stra
6、nger waited for his dinner, the innkeeper scribbled a note and handed it to a boy. He whisperedsomething to the child, who ran off. In a few minutes the boy returned and showed a scrap of paper to the innkeeper. The innkeeper went over to the stranger
7、, who was sitting by the fire. "Is dinner ready?" asked the man. "Get out!" the innkeeper whispered in his ear. "I was suspicious when you arrived so I sent a message to themayor’s office. I know you’re Jean Valjean and I also know what you are."
8、 The stranger bowed his head, picked up his knapsack, and went outside. He walked through the town, stopping toask for food and lodgings at a tavern and a house, but no one would let him in. The weary man even tr
