He gives Bahorel a thoughtful--and somewhat unreadable--look.
"We're at a sad pass when I'm the voice of caution. Well. You may be delighted to find your words committed to paper for every man and woman to read--and you may not be shy of looking in the glass. I don't know that everyone will be so happy. Grantaire, now...an unaccepted Pylades, existing only as the reverse of Enjolras? And Enjolras, I expect he's heard Grantaire talk of beautiful marble before, but it's easier to ignore when it's not in the library for any schoolboy to snicker at. Or for any Hannibal Lecter to serve himself as a meal."
This is no joke, and he reaches over to catch at Bahorel's arm, pressing it. "And that's not even beginning to pick at the question of how our words and thoughts can be set down so exactly."
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Date: 2014-12-17 09:48 pm (UTC)"We're at a sad pass when I'm the voice of caution. Well. You may be delighted to find your words committed to paper for every man and woman to read--and you may not be shy of looking in the glass. I don't know that everyone will be so happy. Grantaire, now...an unaccepted Pylades, existing only as the reverse of Enjolras? And Enjolras, I expect he's heard Grantaire talk of beautiful marble before, but it's easier to ignore when it's not in the library for any schoolboy to snicker at. Or for any Hannibal Lecter to serve himself as a meal."
This is no joke, and he reaches over to catch at Bahorel's arm, pressing it. "And that's not even beginning to pick at the question of how our words and thoughts can be set down so exactly."