[Soon they emerge from the crowd that fills the mouth of the temple, and they slip around the column that stands sentinel at this side. Jean Valjean's plan is to angle the trajectory of their escape out of the line of sight from the doorway. The temple sits atop a hill, and so he aims to reduce the advantage of sight possessed by those on the temple grounds as much as possible.]
I must confess that I am a stranger to these lands. But put your faith in the Lord, and He shall see us through.
[The tension smooths from his features for just a moment as he says this to her, and his voice is gentle just as it was on that night when he fled from the Gorbeau House with Cosette. As they move down the hill, beating their own path rather than following the well-trodden path that feeds directly into the temple, his eyes scan the landscape and his mind calculates their next move.]
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I must confess that I am a stranger to these lands. But put your faith in the Lord, and He shall see us through.
[The tension smooths from his features for just a moment as he says this to her, and his voice is gentle just as it was on that night when he fled from the Gorbeau House with Cosette. As they move down the hill, beating their own path rather than following the well-trodden path that feeds directly into the temple, his eyes scan the landscape and his mind calculates their next move.]