Les Misérables Volume I Book 8 Chapter 1 - In what Mirror M. Madeleine contemplates his Hair

In which the dawn reveals the fragile repose of a feverish woman, and M. Madeleine, bearing the sudden whiteness of his hair, contemplates the weight of unseen burdens as he visits her bedside. The stillness of the infirmary is pierced only by whispered hopes and the tender question of a distant child, casting a solemn light upon the quiet vigil of suffering and compassion.