Les Misérables Volume IV Book 2 Chapter 2

In which the police's precarious grip on a band of criminals reveals the subtle interplay between captivity and cunning, as elusive shadows flit through prison courtyards and notes slip silently between walls. The intricate web of whispered schemes and thwarted messages casts a faint light upon the embryonic stirrings of conspiracies born in the gloom of confinement.