“The captain of the piece was a handsome sergeant of artillery, very young, blond, with a very gentle face, and the intelligent air peculiar to that predestined and redoubtable weapon which, by dint of perfecting itself in horror, must end in killing war.”
“Fancy, he is a charming young man; he is intrepid; it is evident that he is thoughtful”
WHO DOES THIS SOUND LIKE? HM??? does nobody else find it a little bit suspect that combeferre, who had nothing against fighting if it was for a greater good (“It is not that Combeferre was not capable of fighting, he did not refuse a hand-to-hand combat with the obstacle, and to attack it by main force and explosively”) suddenly had objections about shooting a man that closely resembled enjolras?? i know that “he could be your brother” most likely meant “hey, he’s a person”, and not “he looks like you. he could be YOUR brother”, but WHAT IF IT DID? what if, with enjolras saying “he is”, he’s enforcing the former thought, and telling combeferre not to think about the latter. how much do you think it hurt combeferre seeing the sergeant die? do you think he wondered if that’s what enjolras would look like in the event of the barricades falling?
i miss enjolferre. maybe i’m being delusional.
