“Bishop”

“That men saw his mask, but the bishop saw his face. That men saw his life, but the bishop saw his conscience.”

“The first proof of charity in a priest, especially a bishop, is poverty.”

“As for the bishop, the sight of the guillotine was a great shock to him, from which he recovered only slowly.”

“Jean Valjean opened his eyes and looked at the bishop with an expression which no human tongue can describe.”

“Red is an all-embracing colour,' said the bishop. 'How fortunate that those who despise it in a bonnet revere it in a hat.”

“A reflection from this heaven shone upon the bishop. But it was also a luminous transparency, for this heaven was within him: this heaven was his conscience.”