...matter of course, he was liberated ! Ere he was, however, the good Bishop whispered thus into his ear: "Jean Valjean, my brother — you belong no longer to evil, but to good. It ii your so«I that I am buying for you. I withdraw it from dark thoughts and from the spirit of perdition,...

...approached him, and said, in a low voice : ' Forget not, never forget that you liare promised me to use this silver to become an honest man.' Jean Valjean,...solemnly : ' Jean Valjean, my brother : you belong тю longer to evil, but to good. It is your soul that I am buying for you. I withdraw it from dark...

...some one call my name? Did some one ask what I am about to do? Did I hear the bishop's voice, saying: "Jean Valjean, my brother, you belong no longer to evil, but to good?" Is this good, to send this man to take the vacant place in the galleys which belongs to me? I robbed...

...up to him, and said in a low voice : " Forget not, never forget that you have promised me to employ this silver to become an honest man." Jean Valjean, who had no recollection of having promised anything, stood confounded. The bishop had laid a stress on these words. He continued...

...this wide world of women and of men. Initial in this redemptive work was the good bishop, whose words, "Jean Valjean, my brother, you belong no longer to evil but to good," never lost their music or might to Valjean's spirit. Some man or woman stands on everybody's road to...

...candlesticks. So the police freed him. The bishop urged Jean to use the silver to become an honest man, adding: "Jean Valjean, my brother, you belong no longer to evil but to good."5 Jean had known only hard work, poverty, and the harshness of prison life. The bishop's compassion,...

...into Valjean's knapsack. "Jean Valjean, my brother," says the bishop with a joyful gleam in his eye, "you belong no longer to evil, but to good. It is your soul I am buying for you. I withdraw it from the dark thoughts . . . and I give it to God!" If you've seen...