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"Then," Chauvelin murmured aghast, "you grant me my life, you---"

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"You are right there, Sir Percy," Chauvelin murmured between his teeth. "God knows how I still hate you, even after this. You have the power to hit back. Why the devil don't you do it?"

I can't imagine two characters who remind me less of Valjean and Javert than Percy and Chauvelin, despite both having the Nemesis dynamic, but as soon as I read that quote I got Javert's Soliloquy stuck in my head... hopefully Chauvelin deals with it better???