Their faces almost touched. Javert’s look was terrible.

❤️ Georges Pontmercy/Abbé Mabeuf❤️

Be honest now: did you remember that Mabeuf had a brother?

Abbé Mabeuf was the curé of Vernon, where Georges lived. He was also the only person Georges saw regularly, and they seemed close. When the colonel died, the only people by his side were his servant and the curé - Marius sees him sobbing over the dead body.

If you think calling this a ship is a stretch, consider the fragment below:

This caused the curé to regard him with veneration and tenderness, and the colonel, on his side, became fond of the curé. And moreover, when both are sincere and good, no men so penetrate each other, and so amalgamate with each other, as an old priest and an old soldier. At bottom, the man is the same. [3.3.2]

:)