The prisoner made a movement in his bonds.
"Here''s the bourgeoise," said Thenardier.
He had hardly uttered the words, when the Thenardier woman did in fact rush hastily into the room, red, panting, breathless, with flaming eyes, and cried, as she smote her huge hands on her thighs simultaneously:--
"False address!"
The ruffian who had gone with her made his appearance behind her and picked up his axe again.
She resumed:--
"Nobody there!
Rue Saint-Dominique, No. 17, no Monsieur Urbain Fabre! They know not what it means!"
She paused, choking, then went on:--
"Monsieur Thenardier!
That old fellow has duped you!
You are too good, you see!
If it had been me, I''d have chopped the beast in four quarters to begin with!
And if he had acted ugly, I''d have boiled him alive!
He would have been obliged to speak, and say where the girl is, and where he keeps his shiners!
That''s the way I should have managed matters!
People are perfectly right when they say that men are a deal stupider than women! 本 作 品 由 思 兔 在 線 閱 讀 網 友 整 理 上 傳
Nobody at No. 17. It''s nothing but a big carriage gate!
No Monsieur Fabre in the Rue Saint-Dominique! And after all that racing and fee to the coachman and all!
I spoke to both the porter and the portress, a fine, stout woman, and they know nothing about him!"