'Not so stubborn.' Yeah, right. Grantaire gave Enjolras a look that said without question that he didn't believe that. Enjolras was notoriously stubborn when he really put his mind to it. But he was sick, so Grantaire would let the commentary slide this time. In the interest of remaining pleasant and not getting kicked out of the hospital room yet, there was a lot on which Grantaire wasn't planning on commenting.
It was best that Enjolras hadn't finished that thought aloud. The skeptic was already in high spirits about the topic after 'suffering' through his surface reading. Grantaire's bedside matter, at times, left something to be desired.
"Yes, it sounds like the fever talking. Whereas I can see the relevance that something contemporary to this," he motioned with the book in his hand again, "might hold to a modern audience, I fail to see how it might be useful for 'what you're trying to do in the world' and why you would put so much faith in something that a hallucination suggested. It defies logic, Enjolras."