Valjean promises to reunite Fantine with her daughter. Javert later apologizes to Monsieur Madeleine after receiving news that a man identified as Valjean is facing trial for robbing Petit Gervais. After Fantine assaults an abusive customer, Valjean saves her from being imprisoned and pays for her treatment at the infirmary. Forced into prostitution, Fantine sells her long hair and two front teeth to pay board for Cosette. Fantine finds work at Valjean's factory but is fired by Valjean for concealing information about her illegitimate child. Fantine leaves her young daughter in the care of the Thénardiers, who exploit Cosette as a servant at their hotel and bar. Monsieur Madeleine has a tense relationship with the new chief of police Javert, who suspects that he is Valjean after the Mayor lifts a carriage wheel from a man. Six years later, Valjean has become a wealthy factory owner and the Mayor of Montreuil-sur-Mer, adopting the name Monsieur Madeleine.
However, he abandons her to return to his family, leaving Fantine and their baby daughter Cosette.
Elsewhere, Fantine falls in love with Félix Tholomyès. Experiencing remorse, he tries to return the coin but the boy has fled. Valjean robs a coin from a twelve-year-old boy named Petit Gervais. The kindly Bishop Myriel takes pity on Valjean, giving him shelter and saving him from the police after he steals a basket of silver knives and forks. After being released, Valjean is ostracized by much of society due to his criminal status. Serving a 19-year prison sentence for stealing a loaf of bread, Jean Valjean endures hard labour and the frequent abuse of the prison guards particularly the legalistic Javert. Meanwhile, the young Marius Pontmercy is raised by his conservative, monarchist grandfather Monsieur Gillenormand, who bars his estranged son-in-law Colonel Georges Pontmercy from having anything to do with his son.
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