Courfeyrac does not remove his hand from Combeferre's shoulder, not for a long moment.

'Yes. Yes. It is more than can have been dreamed off - it is a strange afterlife, to be sure, but very well equipped and full of happy news of the future.'

And it lets them be all together, so if there are problems then he is not about to mention them and ruin this happy moment.

'Bahorel and Bossuet have already been arrested once, and Joly is up to his ears in science experiments. He will be beside himself to see you.'

They all will, of course.