Chapter 364: Chapter 364

IV A Bottle of Ink Which Only Succeeded in Whitening That same day, or to speak more accurately, that same evening, as Marius left the table, and was on the point of withdrawing to his study, having a case to look over, Basque handed him a letter saying: “The person who wrote the letter is in the antechamber.” Cosette had taken the grandfather’s arm and was strolling in the garden. A letter, like a man, may have an unprepossessing exterior. Coarse paper, coarsely folded—the very si…