Les Misérables Volume II Book 8 Chapter 5 - It Is Not Necessary to Be Drunk...

In which a solemn funeral procession winds its way through the forgotten avenues of an old Parisian cemetery, where tombs and trees bear silent witness to the passage of time and the peculiar customs of its keepers. Amidst this somber scene, a chance encounter with the new grave-digger—a man of unexpected complexity and wit—unfolds a quiet drama fraught with uneasy suspicions and the weight of unseen mysteries.