Fauchelevent replied:⁠—

“Her grandfather.”

The vocal mother said to the prioress in a low voice,

“He answers well.”

Jean Valjean had not uttered a single word.

The prioress looked attentively at Cosette, and said half aloud to the vocal mother:⁠—

“She will grow up ugly.”

The two mothers consulted for a few moments in very low tones in the corner of the parlor, then the prioress turned round and said:⁠—

“Father Fauvent, you will get another kneecap with a bell. Two will be required now.”