Les Misérables Volume II Book 5 Chapter 8 - The Enigma Becomes Doubly Mysterious

In which a man, seated beside a sleeping child beneath the cold heavens, finds solace in her presence yet grows increasingly uneasy at the approach of a mysterious figure bearing a tinkling bell in the moonlit garden. As the child’s fragile form chills beneath his care, he is seized by a savage anxiety to restore her warmth and safety before the night’s chill proves too cruel.