He is asleep. Though his mettle was sorely tried,
He lived, and when he lost his angel, died.
It happened calmly, on its own,
The way the night comes when day is done.
Call me bias but the saddest part for me in the book was when Valjean died. It was so simple - a somewhat fitting end to a simple, ordinary man who lived an extraordinary life. It's the saddest part for me because from the start of the book, we've followed Valjean's life, from his trials to his triumph as a person, to being welcomed by angels when his mission on Earth was done.
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