Hugo really likes him.
40 pages of blowhard, tendentious history through the June rebellion of 1832.
Literally, God is on the side of democracy, republicanism, and progress.
Revolution and progress are God's providential will controlling history.
After this 40 page digression, Hugo picks up the story where he dropped it, from the moment when Javert's raid has just missed capturing Valjean.
Les Miserables.
Update, 9/29/16.
Turns out Javert did not know the ambush victim was Valjean, but found it highly suspicious that he had slipped away.
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