#have fun javvie here's my penance for the modern thread

[maitretmaitresse]

🍞 just let him CATCH a bread thief for once >:|

                 Something something obligatory Les Miz Joke - Always accepting tbh

                 Stealing bread was beneath him. It was terribly common, the sort ofthing any man would do to feed himself. But it was dire straits all around –the famine which caused the first revolution seemed only to loosen for thoseclasses who hung onto the republic, and whether or not the Baron du Thénardaccepted it, he had officially fallen into poverty.

                 Soit was a bakery he’d broken into and, after having thoroughly emptied the cashdraw – he had some dignity remaining to him! – he began stuffing everythingfrom leftovers to what was still rising. They had access to a stove, surelyBeatrice could be relied upon for that at lea-

                 Thelights were turned on him so quickly he didn’t even bother to stifle the loudcurse of “Putain!” which was quickly followed by “Poucette,” as he regarded his captor.

                 Saywhat you will about the man, but he was smart enough to know when the jig wasup. He dropped his hands – as well as the bag – and awaited whatever smartremark Javert would inevitably have for him. He’d been planning it long enough,and knowing the inspector’s predilection for comebacks, well…

                Itwas going to be a particularly insufferablenight in prison.