Hello lovely readers, so here is the second part of a hear full of love. Just a little note this story is taking place after the revolution although Jean valjean knows about Marius although Cosette is still a little bit embarrassed by it and dose not want to break her fathers heart. enjoy and i'm open to suggestions
Cosette dressed quickly and went downstairs and found her father calmly eating bacon and eggs. She picked up a piece of toast. "Are you going to eat all of that?" he asked her. "You will be ages and you mustn't be late." Cosette gave her father a look of alarm. He winked at her.
Cosette fixed her bonnet firmly on her head as she set off down the road towards with Helen. "Will master Marius let you drive today?" she asked. Sometimes when they were out of sight of the house Marius would show her the reins.
"He usually lets me put my hands on the reins for two minutes," she replied, "until we reach the bridge".
As they grew close to the house they could see a large group had grown around Pontmercy new carriage. The audience seemed to grow bigger as they came to a stop in front of the Pontmercy house. Mrs Brunowski, her children clutching at her skirts, walked over from her shop on the other side of the street to admire the carriage. Then the Pontmercy family appeared, including Mr Pontmercy who rarely ventured out of doors. A crowd of small boys, among them Absolon, the barefoot urchin, stood staring. The men began technical talk of hub-caps and treads, and horse power.
"But it will never actually replace the cart", declared Mr. Dundas.
"Too expensive", said John Malcom. "There was a six wheeler Siddeley advertised in the Herald last week. A Thousand franc! Who has that amount of money?"
"Only Royalty could afford that," said Mrs Dundas.
Everyone took a turn to sit in the box and admire the upholstery.
"It looks very complicated", said Alexander studying the controls with his brother Francis, he was Marius nephew and was staying the week with his sister Margo and twin brother Francis.
"Not at all," said Marius. "Even Cosette can almost understand it."
Cosette pinched his arm. "Don't be so superior, Marius dear. Isn't time we were off?"
Marius took the hint. "Children and Cosette inside, me at the front", he declared. "It will give you some protection from the breeze," he added as he handed the children into the box.
As Margo stepped onto the running board and then settled herself down, Cosette was pleased to note that she was wearing a blue dress not dissimilar to her own. Margo, who had decided for her uncle's sake to take part in this with good grace, bestowed on Cosette a determined smile.
Cosette smiled back happily back.
Marius put their picnic basket, a rug and a parasol in the stowage space up-top. The small group waved them off.
As they passed through Luxemburg, Alexander was allowed to wave out of the window, despite the fact that the only object they passed was a grey and white cat leisurely crossing the streat.