#bishop myriel

“ One would have said that his presence had something warming and luminous about it.”

— Les Misérables, Bishop Myriel( Illustrated by Filiberto Mateldi, 1940 )

“ He set out, accompanied only by a child who offered to serve as a guide. ”

— Les Misérables, Bishop Myriel( Illustrated by Lombardi )

Les Misérables | The Bishop Welcoming Valjean In His Home |Illustrated by Filiberto Mateldi (Italian edition, 1940)

ueinra:

Ah! really! You lodge me in your house, close to yourself like this?’

He broke off, and added with a laugh in which there lurked something monstrous:—

‘Have you really reflected well? How do you know that I have not been an assassin?’

The Bishop replied:—

‘That is the concern of the good God.’

Vol.I - Book.II - Ch.V

Day 20 of @themiserablesmonth | Lazy (ft The Bishop enjoying a chill afternoon in the garden)

le-jardin-inculte:

“I repeat,” the old man continued, “you’ve mentioned Louis XVII. I agree, let’s weep together for all the innocent, all the martyrs, all the children, humble as well as mighty. I’m for that. But then, as I said, we must go further back than ‘93, and our tears must start before Louis XVII. I will weep for the children of kings with you if you will weep with me for the children of the people.”

—Les Misérables, Victor Hugo

“I will weep for the children of kings with you if you will weep with me for the children of the people” slaps SO hard. get his ass old man.