# IV: For Your Wife: When You Marry explained — Toilers of the Sea

> Chapter companion for Toilers of the Sea by Victor Hugo.

## What happens

Gilliatt escorts the newly married Caudray and Déruchette to the Cashmere, having arranged their marriage and provided a trunk of clothing from his mother. He offers a quiet, poignant explanation of his actions, revealing his long-held feelings for Déruchette, and bids them farewell as they depart.

## Themes in this chapter

### Love and Sacrifice

Gilliatt's selfless arrangement of Déruchette's marriage to Caudray, his gift of the trunk, and his quiet farewell embody profound sacrifice for the woman he loves.

### Solitude and Isolation

Gilliatt's final words and his statement 'I shall never marry' underscore his emotional isolation and the loneliness of his unrequited love.

## Character check-ins

### Gilliatt

Acts as the silent guide and benefactor, having arranged the marriage and provided a trunk of clothing; delivers a heartfelt, subdued farewell speech revealing his unrequited love.

### Déruchette

Newly married to Caudray, she is overwhelmed with joy and gratitude, accepting Gilliatt's gift and offering a kind smile before departing.

### Rev. Mr. Caudray

Married to Déruchette, he walks with her in a daze of happiness, guided by Gilliatt, and departs aboard the Cashmere.

### Cashmere

The vessel preparing for departure that carries Caudray and Déruchette away from Guernsey.

## Key lines

> They were two somnambulists. Their bewilderment had not passed away, but only changed in form.

Caudray and Déruchette moved as if in a dream, their confusion transformed into a blissful daze.

_Describes the couple's overwhelmed, trance-like state after their sudden marriage._

> It is most likely, madam, that I shall never marry.

Gilliatt tells Déruchette he probably will never wed.

_Gilliatt's quiet resignation and acceptance of his solitary fate._

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