'He is a good man, indeed. He has your interests at heart; I should think there is nothing he will not do for you, and the Baron.'

Valjean has not formed an opinion on Monsieur Gillenormand, because he does not have to. The man is there, he has opened his house, he has declared an end to sadness. The house must therefore be a joyous place, nothing like the solitude and gloom in which Cosette was raised. He cannot see that it might ever not be happy.

'It is a very fine place, and all those dresses he gave you, and the wedding! Your husband looked very fine in his suit, did he not?'