Disclaimer: Don't own Les Mis or Lord of the Rings, and a lot of this chapter is quoted from LotR, and this is, in fact, plagiarism if you don't listen to this. It all belongs Tolkien, or his estate or whatever. IT'S NOT MINE! Thank you for your attention.
1. Concerning College Students
This book is largely concerned with college students, and from its pages a reader may discover much of their character and a little of their history. College students are loud young men with big ideas. They are set aside from those boys who do not go to college by the simple fact that they do not actually do anything. They would not know a hard days work if it stole their supper. They spend apparently very little time receiving this fine education that elevates them in social standing; they are more often seen at pubs or cafés then at university. They consider themselves superior to all others, simply because they believe they know everything.
2. Concerning Absinthe
Absinthe is a green liquor that, to those familiar to Discworld novels, can be likened to scumble. This would mean that it can not be left too long in a mug, for it will eventually eat its way through the container. Its very high alcoholic content causes it to become a vice of many a college student, though a short-lived one because dead people do not drink.
3. Of the Ordering of Paris
Paris is made up of a lot of easily barricaded off streets. Some streets you will find popular with college students are the Rue des Grès, the Rue de la Chanvrerie, the Rue Mondétour, and the Rue du Cynge. College students spend a lot of their time in the Café Musain on the Place Saint Michel or in a wineshop called Corinthe.
4. Of the Finding of the Ring
M. Myriel, bishop of Digne, always had a rather dangerous attraction to silver. It is no surprise that when visiting Paris in his youth, he found a beautiful silver ring in a gutter. Hearing a voice behind him, he disappeared in the shadows of an alleyway, and saw a thin, shrewd, and rather transparent looking man ramble by, muttering something about losing "his precious", which his incoherent muttering soon led to the bishop realizing he was talking about the ring. This man has latterly been discovered to be a member of the Patron-Minette, the infamous Babet. M. Myriel guessed that this man had not come into possession of the ring by innocent means, and endeavored to find the rightful owner. When none could be found, the bishop of Digne kept the ring. He found a rather unusual quality it had, which was, if one wore it, it enabled one to give almost kingly speeches, inspirational and enough to bring tears to the eyes. An interesting characteristic, but nothing absurd like turning invisible or something of the like.