"I know," says Combeferre. "Monsieur, I needn't explain to you that ex-convicts aren't barred from loving, or being loved. Your daughter will love and honor you, and bitterly grieve any separation from you, regardless of your status. I don't know her well, but I'm sure of that. And if it's arrest and public exposure you fear--why, who is to know? You say yourself the spy won't arrest you."