Les Miserables Page #2

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Come on. Back to work.

I`d feel safer if you had an escort.

Don`t worry, I can look after myself.

I haven`t much time.

I must leave right away.

I hope this urgency

does not imply distress.

May I ask why you are withdrawing

your entire fortune?

I trust you are aware

this institution is at your service.

Thank you. But this is

a business opportunity, no crisis.

-I`ll be back tomorrow.

-I received disturbing information...

...about one of the girls.

I have reason to believe...

...she has a child

and is not married.

-What? Is she a whore?

-I don`t hire--

I don`t hire women

who sell themselves.

Of course you don`t, I apologise.

It`s just I don`t want our ladies

to be exposed to corruption.

-I suggest dismissal.

-I trust your judgement.

Thank you.

Fantine, come with me, please.

Come on.

She`s caught the tart.

Please don`t let me go now, madame.

My little girl is sick.

You read it in that letter from the people

who take care of her. The military fever.

They need 40 francs for medicine

or she`ll die.

Who are these people,

the Thenardiers?

-Are they relatives?

-No, not relatives.

You deliberately left your child

with strangers to conceal her?

You dismiss me for having a child,

then you--

Not for having a child,

for having a child out of wedlock...

...pretending to be honest.

I have to earn money to feed her.

How can I work and take care of her?

I have to lie.

You make it sound like

your lie is my fault.

Oh, l`m sorry. I`m upset.

I don`t mean to argue, madame.

My Cosette is a sweet little girl,

an innocent little girl.

Don`t punish her for my sin.

-I was stupid. I fell in love.

-`"In love." That`s always the excuse.

Yes, you`re right. I`m a bad person.

But the Thenardiers are good people.

They have two daughters.

My Cosette can play with them.

She won`t be so lonely.

She`s better off with them.

Only I have to make money

to pay for her medicine.

PIease. Just a month. I`Il work hard.

The mayor cares about his workers.

He cannot have women of questionable

morals influencing the girls. I`m sorry.

-What`s going on?

-Five sous for the chair.

Nice doing business with you.

-Are you skipping out?

-I sold it for extra money.

Well, you owe me a month`s rent.

-Not till next week.

-Well, pay now or you`re out.

Thirty francs. Come on,

you`ve got 50 in your hand.

Fifteen. Get you the rest next week.

-How? They fired you.

-Who told you I was fired?

This is still a small town.

-I have a job.

-Don`t lie.

Start next week as a washerwoman.

Everybody knows your story.

You`ve got a bastard kid.

Nobody`s gonna give you work.

Please take half. I`ll get you the rest.

Don`t look so worried.

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