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❤️ Georges Pontmercy/Mabeuf ❤️

That man, who had so manly an air, yet who was weeping like a woman, had struck the warden. That face had clung to his mind. [3.3.2]

Monsieur Mabeuf was a warden in the church of Saint-Sulpice, where he met a peculiar man - one who attended the mass to watch his son from afar. By chance, they met again later in Vernon. There, Mabeuf came to know his entire story.

When he made Pontmercy’s acquaintance, this sympathy had existed between the colonel and himself—that what the colonel did for flowers, he did for fruits. [3.5.4]

In a way, they traded deaths: the old soldier died alone among his flowers. The botanist, perhaps inspired by a certain veteran, perished on the battlefield.

In a better world, they shared a garden and the custody of Marius.

Henry Lloyd-Hughes as Georges Pontmercy

Messing with Lumine’s face (she’s supposed to look young enough to be mistaken as a teen by bartenders??)

Some childe doodles trying to figure out his expressions and look. Also the cocogoat incident.