cosettes

Updated: May 5, 2025

You had arranged your little plot, you had said to yourself: 'I'm going to signify this squarely to my grandfather, to that mummy of the Regency and of the Directory, to that ancient beau, to that Dorante turned Geronte; he has indulged in his frivolities also, that he has, and he has had his love affairs, and his grisettes and his Cosettes; he has made his rustle, he has had his wings, he has eaten of the bread of spring; he certainly must remember it. Ah! you take the cockchafer by the horns.

Victor Hugo - Les Misérables