I’m pretty sure it’s from Les Miserables. But I couldn’t swear to it.
I just thought of of Jean Valjean’s prison breaks when I read this story. It’s a Paris tradition, I guess. :-)
10 posted on 04/14/2013 10:31:20 AM PDT by EternalVigilance
(Seek the lesser of two evils and God is likely to give it to you, and the greater evil too.)