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The one holding the sword, makes a tsking sound. Mari Therese: Ah, what a sad display of vigilance. And from the leaders of the rebels no less! She resheathes the sword and leans on it. Her simple clothes like and unlike the clothes of women of his acquaintance here at the would-be-barricades. Enjolras shakes his head at her theatrics. Enjolras: We are not rebels. And you should not be holding this. Whatever would your father say? He starts to take the sword. In defense, she swings them up at him. Mari Therese: Do not. To prove her point, she walks away from him and more out into the open space. Enjolras: Why are you here? You know that tomorrow Mari Therese: That is precisely why I am here. For tomorrow. Enjolras: You plan to fight with us? Mari Therese: If need be, then yes. Enjolras: Why? Mari Therese shrugs. A moment passes when she faced him again. Mari Therese: Have you seen her? Enjolras: Who? Mari Therese: Mariuss lady love. Enjolras: No. And I am not in the least inclined or interested to seek her acquaintance, much less seek her favour. Mari Therese: Hush. Do not be so. I have heard she is of great beauty. Enjolras: What do I need of beauty? Mari Therese: To look at every morning and to enjoy every night? Enjolras laughs at this. He stopped as he sees Mari Therese eyeing him closely. Enjolras: Why do you ask? Mari Therese: Curiosity. Enjolras: You you are in love with Marius! Mari Therese: I am not.

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Enjolras: Then why do you care that his ghost of a lady is beautiful or such nonsense? Mari Therese: I do not care about him. I though am curious as to your reaction, should you meet such a heart-stopping beauty. Enjolras: Remain steadfast, I suppose. Mari Therese: Truly? Even as, how did he put it, the sight of her makes the right seem wrong and the wrong seem right? Enjolras: Again, I ask the question, why? Mari Therese: Again, I answer. Curiosity. Enjolras: I believe in the people. I live for the people of France. And so I fight for their freedom and for their rights. Mari Therese: And we have just seen how the mighty have fallen to the clasps of love. Enjolras: How about you? How would you react? Mari Therese looked him in the eye. Mari Therese: I would be like Marius. I would push heaven and earth to see him, to be with him. I would embrace what Ive been told was wrong and abandon what has been lectured to me since childhood as right. Enjolras: You sound so certain. What if he is a bourgeoisie? Mari Therese: I am a bourgeoisie. Or have you forgotten gutter-scum? Enjolras: So you would abandon us should it come to that? Mari Therese: Not really, no. For he is a part of this. Enjolras: He is? Then who is he? Youve said that you do not love Marius? Then who could it be? Coufrefranc? One of the schoolboys? Mari Therese: You are a schoolboy. Enjolras: Tell me who he is! Mari Therese: I will, in time. Enjolras: We might very well die here tomorrow. Tell me now. Mari Therese pretends she does not hear him and resumes looking back at the sky. Mari Therese: Father has picked a husband for me. Enjolras: Who is the lucky bridegroom then? Mari Therese: Stefano. Enjolras: Casiraghi? I thought he had no intentions of marrying you. Mari Therese: He told me he wanted us to be friends. He never said he didnt want to marry me. I was blind-sided by that bastard. But I care for him. He has been one of my closest friends.

Enjolras: You are not making any sense. You say you love someone from our ranks. And then you go and say that you fancy Stefano Casiraghi and is betrothed to him. Mari Therese: I am in love one of the schoolboys. But I care for and love Stefano in a wholly another way I am fond of him. And he understands that I love someone else. Enjolras: You are being unfair to him and the one you love. Mari Therese: I am. But all is fair in love. Enjolras: And in war. Peoples voices ring in the background. Mari Therese: The rebels are thirsty for change. Enjolras: Yes. And tomorrow is the start. Cue One Day More. Mari Therese joins in the singing. Mari Therese: And I watch his life, his fire. I watch and he never knew One day more till my confession One day more before the truth Will he give me what I long for? Will he understand my truth? Mari Therese was going to attend General Lamarques funeral. She was pushing through people when an arm snakes out to grab her and haul her out of the crowd and into some secluded corner. Stefano: Mari Therese, why are you here? This is not a safe place for you. Mari Therese: It has started, Stefano. I cannot leave them. Stefano: You cannot leave him. Mari Therese: No. I cannot. I have to be there, if only to save him from himself. Stefano: He is the leader of the rebels. He will not be pardoned even if he seeks for one. Mari Therese: Even if he Stefano: Even if me, my father and yours combined petition for his life, he will be guillotined if caught. And you know it. Mari Therese: But I have to try. I have to save him. Stefano: Promise me you will take care of yourself. Promise me, love. Mari Therese: Yes, yes, I promise. Stefano: Go, then come back to me.

Mari Therese does not answer and fades into the crowd. Enjolras catches up to her. Enjolras: Why did you not go with your fianc? Mari Therese: We have a fight to start and finish. Enjolras: But it is not safe for you. Go back to him. Mari Therese: Neither is it safe for you. I am not backing down and you wont make me. Mari Therese goes into the crowd to wait for General Lamarques casket. Mari Therese is there at General Lamarques Funeral and was there as they led the people into rebellion. The first battle is over. Night is creeping in. The schoolboys are starting to rest and Enjolras into the salon, where the women are fussing over the wounded. Mari Therese is there, attending to a half-naked Coufrefrac who has a wound to his side.

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Enjolras: Finish him up quickly. I want a word. Mari Therese looks up at him with interest and annoyance. She does not answer. Enjolras steps out to the dark alley behind the salon. A moment later Mari Therese appears. Mari Therese: What is it that you want? Enjolras does not answer. Mari Therese: If you are not going to talk to me after all, I better return. Ive much patients to tend to. Enjolras: The others could do it. Mari Therese: Say your piece then. Please. This silence worries me. Enjolras: Go back. Go home. There is a chance that the people have not done their part. I do not want you caught in the crossfire and the aftermath. Mari Therese: It is Eponine isnt it? You do not want me to be another Eponine. Youve seen what Marius had felt at her death. They were friends, they were close to each other. And one of them dying, it must have been horrible. Enjolras: You are not my Eponine. You will not become like her. You will go back home and stay there. Whatever happens, you will not speak of your involvement here to anyone. You must swear. And Casigrahi must swear by this as well. Mari Therese: I do not understand. Am I not your friend? Am I not worthy? Enjolras: I do not want you to die. I do not want you or your name or your future sullied. I want you to live a happy life. Whatever the cost. Whatever the price. Mari Therese: The man I love, do you want to know who he is. Enjolras: I am him, am I not? Mari Therese stares at him in shock. She starts to run back inside but he speaks. Enjolras: Do not be a coward. Youve always put on a brave front. Do not disappoint me now. Youve put on a show about how you believe in our cause. But it was only to lure me isnt it?

Mari Therese: I wanted you thats true. Enjolras: Want? I thought it was love? Mari Therese: Stop confusing me now. Stop asking. Just stop is. Tell me what it is that you want. Enjolras: I want you to leave and never go back. Mari Therese: I will. After I tend to the wounded. Mari Therese goes back inside. Hours later, she starts packing up things used to tend to the soldiers and Enjolras ventures inside. He looks at her intently and nods. She picks up her skirts and goes with him. He escorts her to an apartment. Mari Therese: This is not my home. Enjolras: It is the home of your betrothed. He knocks and was opened to. He beckons Mari Therese and she enters the house. She looks back at Enjolras. He stares back at her but does not utter a word. She was about to say goodbye when he turned his back to her. The door closed. Hours later, a figure appears from inside the apartment. Enjolras appears from the shadows. Stefano: Thank you for bringing her home. Enjolras: Promise me that you would never speak of her involvement to anyone. Stefano: I promise. Enjolras: Treat her well. Love her. Give her everything she deserves. Stefano: I love her. I am to wed her, be the father of her children. It will be my pleasure to treat her as my queen. A silence hung between the two. Enjolras: Let me say goodbye. Stefano: Go inside but be silent about it. I wait for someone here. Enjolras goes inside and goes up to a room. He sees Mari Therese inside, sleeping. He walks up to her bed. Tucks her hair to the side, takes her hand and kisses it. Enjolras: I am sorry for hurting you. I apologize for letting you go. But I must. Tomorrow, I might die. And I will not let you die. You will live. And you will live a happy life. I only wish that, should my life be cut short, I will live another. And will meet you again, will gain your love and will have the chance to enjoy it and show you back how much I feel for you. Marius is right. The fighting does not matter so much now. I want you. I want a life with you. But it cannot be.

In another life maybe. In the next life, I will find you, wait for you if I must. Then, I will give you the love you have never asked of me, but have hoped for and fought for. I love you, dear, dear Mari Therese. Enjolras kisses her forehead, then her lips and leaves the room. He was about to go out into dark when he heard voices.

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Stefano: Are you sure? Man: Yes, sire. No more barricades except the one of the schoolboys. They arell calling it Lamarques tomb, them police. They say they will storm by tomorrow, with cannons and riffles like. To crush the last leg of the rebellion. The crown has wished for it and it must be done. God help them young ones. Stefano: I pray that too. Thank you, Marlon for your information. Here are your coins, go on another way lest the police find you. Take care. Man: Yessir. Enjolras goes out. Enjolras: Is it true? Stefano: So youve heard? Enjolras: The people have abandoned the cause. Stefano: Yes. Will you? Enjolras: No. We will die tomorrow. That is a certainty now. But we will die fighting so others may see and others may believe. Stefano: You are a good man. Enjolras: And so are you. Stefano: My Mari Therese , she will mourn. Enjolras: It is selfish of me, but I will be thankful for it as well. Her love is something I will always cherish. Stefano: Do you want me to tell her? Enjolras: That I love her? No. She will cling to a ghost then. Better she hates me, so she will see the need to start anew. Stefano: May God be with you. Enjolras: May he enlighten the people. He walks away but stops, casts one more look at a window, Mari Thereses window before going. At the final battle, as his life leaves him, the flag slipping from his grasp, he murmurs Mari Thereses name and dreams of her, their lives in another world. He dreams of love.