( It's not the sort of question he was expecting. In truth, it's not even one that he has ever asked of himself. Does he miss an authority figure, or simply the matter of having an authority to submit to? Rosalind had asked if Javert missed Valjean, and he is just as crippled by his answer now as he was then. Having such feelings is intolerable. He sighs, )

If there is anything that I miss, it is my work. ( That, at least, is something he can admit to. ) Though I do not know if I could ever return to it, were it possible for us to go home.

( It's the most open and human he's ever been with the Soldier. There's no confidence in his posture, no air of authority. Only a broken man, shameful of what he's done. )