Chapter 39: Chapter 39

II First Sketch of Two Unprepossessing Figures The mouse which had been caught was a pitiful specimen; but the cat rejoices even over a lean mouse. Who were these Thénardiers? Let us say a word or two of them now. We will complete the sketch later on. These beings belonged to that bastard class composed of coarse people who have been successful, and of intelligent people who have descended in the scale, which is between the class called “middle” and the class denominated as “infe…