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"On turning into the walk, he saw M. Leblanc and the young girl at the other end, "on their bench." He buttoned his coat up to the very top, pulled it down on his body so that there might be no wrinkles, examined, with a certain complaisance, the lustrous gleams of his trousers, and marched on the bench. This march savored of an attack, and certainly of a desire for conquest. So I say that he marched on the bench, as I should say: 'Hannibal marched on Rome.'" Les Miserables by Victor Hugo. I love this line so much because, while Hugo's prose can be a bit too purple for some people's taste, he manages to create some moments that one can relate to and are surprisingly funny.
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