![]() Meanwhile, the Thénardiers demand more money to look after Cosette. Valjean struggles to give up his criminal past, but he knows that, if he is caught again, he will be sent back to prison for life. ![]() Myriel makes Valjean promise that he will sell the candlesticks and use the proceeds to become a better, more honest man in the future. He even hands Valjean a set of matching silver candlesticks. ![]() The police catch Valjean with the stolen silver, but Myriel saves Valjean by insisting that the silver was a gift. He gives Valjean shelter for the night, but Valjean repays him by stealing silverware from the bishop’s house. Only Myriel, the Bishop of Digne, is willing to allow Valjean into his home. Valjean arrives in a town named Digne, but he is turned away from every inn or room because his passport reveals that he is a former convict. ![]() He served five years for stealing a loaf of bread to feed his sister's starving family and another 14 years for a series of escape attempts. In 1815, a peasant named Jean Valjean is released from the notoriously cruel prison, Bagne of Toulon. ![]()
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