Les Misérables Volume II Book 5 Chapter 2 - It Is Lucky that the Pont D'Austerlitz Bears Carriages

In which a weary father, shielded by the night’s hush and the moon’s pale light, carries his child through the silent streets of Paris in a desperate flight from unseen pursuers. As he crosses the toll bridge and glimpses shadowy figures in pursuit, he plunges boldly into a narrow alleyway, hoping the darkness and solitude may yet afford him sanctuary.