reminder that
- Javert committed suicide between the bridges of Pont Notre Dame and Pont au Change
- which are smack bang in the middle between Notre Dame cathedral and the Palais de Justice
- immediately after Valjean let him go free, unable to reconcile his internal conflict between what he always thought was right and this new experience of grace and forgiveness
- literally caught between God and the Law
I know the whole thing with Javert being a rank of police that didn’t exist is Hugo just smoothing over the whole mess that is the French police force
but I can’t help imagining Javert giving himself promotions and making his own medals
nobody knows where he came from
nobody even employed him
he just showed up one day and started solving crimes
he’s like a station cat except he carries handcuffs
