FANTINE
I don't want you
No, no, M'sieur, let me go



BAMBATOIS

"You've got some nerve, you little !@#%
You've got some gall"


By Christ you'll pay for what you have done
I guarantee, I'll make you suffer


FANTINE
I beg you, don't report me sir
I'll do whatever you may want


BAMBATOIS
Make your excuse to the police!


JAVERT
Tell me quickly what's the story

Who saw what and why and where
Let him give a full description
Let him answer to Javert!


In this nest of !@^%s and vipers
Let one speak who saw it all

Who laid hands on this good man here?
What's the substance of this brawl?


BAMBATOIS
Javert, would you believe it
I was lost here in the dark

When this prostitute attacked me
You can see she left her mark


JAVERT
She will answer for her actions
When you make a full report

You may rest $$#ured, M'sieur,
She will answer to the court


FANTINE
There's a child who sorely needs me
Please M'sieur, she's but that high

Holy God, is there no mercy?
If I go to jail she'll die!


JAVERT
I have heard such protestations
Every day for twenty years

Let's have no more explanations
Save your breath and save your tears
Honest work, just report,

That's the way to please the Lord.

VALJEAN

A moment of your time, Javert
I do believe this woman's tale


Javert
But M'sieur Mayor!


VALJEAN
You've done your duty
Let her be

She needs a doctor, not a jail

JAVERT

M'sieur le Mayor

FANTINE

Can this be?

VAJEAN

Where will she end -
This child without a friend?

I've seen your face before
Show me some way to help you

How have you come to grief
In a place such as this?

FANTINE
M'sieur, don't mock me now, I pray

It's hard enough I've lost my pride
You let your foreman send me away
Yes, you were there, and turned aside

I never did no wrong


VALJEAN
Is it true, what I have done?

FANTINE

My daughter's close to dying

JEAN VALJEAN
To an innocent soul?

FANTINE

If there's a God above

JEAN VALJEAN
Had I only known then

FANTINE
He'd let me die instead


VALJEAN
In His name
My task has just begun

I will see it done