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Baptistine: Good heavens! The silver is stolen. That man who
came last night has stolen it. (Runs to the alcove
and comes back.) The man has gone!
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Bishop : with sadness I have for a long time wrongfully
withheld this silver. It belonged to the poor. Who
was this man? A poor man evidently. It belonged
to him. There is a knock at the door.
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Bishop : Come in. A servant and four policemen enter with
the convict bound.

Sergeant : Bishop, we have caught…
Bishop : to Jean Valjean Ah, there you are! I’m glad to see
you my friend.

Sergeant : puzzled Friend?
Bishop : to Jean Valjean But, I gave you the candlesticks
also, which are silver like the rest. Why didn’t you
take them along with the plates? Jean Valjean looks
at the Bishop, with an expression that no words
could describe.

Sergeant : Then, what this man said must be true? He said…
Bishop : He must have told you that the silverware was given
to him by me, and that he had spent the night here.
And you brought him here? It is all a mistake.
Sergeant : If that is so, we can let him go. They release the
convict and leave

Bishop : My friend, before you go away, you can take these
candlesticks. They are yours. Take them. Gives
him the silver candlesticks

Bishop : Now, you may go in peace. By the way, when you
come again, you need not come through the garden.
You can always come in and go out by the front
door. The doors of my house are never locked, day
or night. Jean Valjean, my brother, promise me

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