When Javert returns to Paris, he learns that prisoner — Jean Valjean — did escape from Toulon, and drowned in the process — but a body was never found. Jean sees one of these and knows his time has come. When they break it down, no one is there, but the candles are still smoking. Javert sends his men to cordon off the neighborhood. As the law closes in on him, Jean finds himself trapped with Cosette in a street next to a high stone wall.
In desperation, he climbs it, using the rope suspending a streetlamp to pull Cosette up after him. On the other side of the wall is a convent.
When Jean bursts into the chapel, he is immediately told to leave — no men are allowed. But one of the nuns recognizes him as Monsieur Madeleine — she was the sister who tended to Fantine as she died. The Mother Superior hesitates, then goes to the door — and refuses Javert.
No men are allowed, she tells him, and there are none on the grounds. She assures Jean that, even though he is a thief, she trusts him. They will be able to see each other every day. Jean is relieved. He suggests that dangerous criminals such as the leaders of Patron-Minette can effectively move in and out of prison as they see fit, provided they have the right connections and enough money to bribe the prison guards.
The ease with which the Parisian crime ring circumvents the justice system contrasts with the tragic circumstances of Valjean, whose petty theft brought him a life of hardship and fear.
Hugo shows us that such is not the case, however. He implies that in French society justice is a resource like any other and that anyone who is well connected can exploit it at the expense of the unfortunate.
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Programs Programs A-Z Playlist. Events Event Calendar. Gavroche later warns Marius to be careful on the barricade. Gavroche is also shown to be devastated when she is killed. Marius later sends Gavroche to deliver a letter to Cosette , but instead gives it to Valjean.
Valjean is impressed by Gavroche and tells him to stay away from the barricade. When Valjean arrives at the barricade disguised as a National Guardsmen to protect Marius, Gavroche recognises him and tells the students not to shoot him. When they hear that they are on their own as the people have not joined them and the other barricades have fallen, they begin to lose faith.
Gavroche later sneaks into the battlefield to collect the cartridges from the dead National Guardsmen while warning the soldiers that they won't give up, when and where he is fatally shot. Courfeyrac and the other rebels are horrified at Gavroche being in direct line of fire, and are devastated at his death. Courfeyrac retrieves Gavroche's body, and Valjean lays him in the wine shop.
The ABC are enraged at the soldiers and restart the fight. After the deaths of the rest of L es Amis , Javert arrives, having been released by Valjean, and is clearly disturbed by the casualties and is secretly very proud of Gavroche's courage.
Javert pins his medal onto Gavroche's tunic out of pity and sadness.
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