There were no signs of inexplicable visions here. Javert shook his head slightly to clear it. Sometimes you saw these things after too many hours on patrols, alleys that hadn't been there before and doors leading to nowhere in particular. It generally meant you needed a day off, although it had certainly never happened to him.

In any case, a day off was, unfortunately, out of the question here. He kept moving; it wasn't far to walk anyway.