Les Misérables Volume I Book 7 Chapter 4 - Forms assumed by Suffering during Sleep

In which a weary soul, beset by restless wandering and haunted by a spectral dream of desolation and silent watchers, awakens to the chill stillness of night and the unexpected summons of a mysterious coachman. The hour is early, the air heavy with apprehension, as the weary man steels himself to meet whatever obscure purpose awaits him in the breaking dawn.