
After gifting Cosette a doll, Valjean tries to bargain with the Thénardiers to take Cosette away. In contrast, the Thénardiers own daughters, Eponine and Azelma, are treated very well. At the inn, he eats a meal while watching how badly the Thénardiers abuse the young girl. He meets Cosette while she is collecting water and returns with her to the inn. Valjean returns to Montfermeil on Christmas Eve. Instead, Valjean falls into the ocean and fakes his death. Valjean risks his life to save a sailor from certain death, and the crowd calls for him to be released.

His sentence is commuted by the King of France, and instead Valjean is sent back to the Bagne of Toulon for life.

He is captured again, and this time he is sentenced to death.
MOMENT BY MOMENT MUSICAL SYNOPSIS TRIAL
Valjean cannot allow an innocent man to suffer, so he goes to the trial and reveals himself as the true Valjean, thereby freeing the falsely accused man, Champmathieu. Valjean is torn between confessing his true identity to Javert and allowing an innocent man to be tried on his behalf. Javert visits Valjean to offer an apology: He wanted to reveal Valjean's true identity to the world, but the police have now arrested a different man whom they believe to be Valjean, who will be tried the next day. He takes Fantine to hospital and promises her that he will bring Cosette to her. Valjean feels guilty that his own factory fired Fantine. As mayor, he tells Javert to release Fantine. Before she can be sent to prison, Valjean intervenes. One evening, Javert arrests Fantine after an altercation with a man in the street. She becomes a sex worker but contracts a deadly, unknown illness. Struggling to make ends meet, Fantine sells her front teeth and her hair. 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.
MOMENT BY MOMENT MUSICAL SYNOPSIS SERIES
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.
