Fantine wonders to herself why such a girl should look familiar to her. Certainly there was a time when she knew such people, but she had been younger then. At the time, others must have looked at her and thought that they, too, did not know 'such people.'
And yet it is unshakable. She has seen this girl.
"If you don't mind," she begins, perhaps all too suddenly. She starts again, her voice softer. " -- If you don't mind, may I ask your name?"










