Fantine's Arrest

[Bomatabois (a well dressed gentleman)]
Here's something new. I think I'll give it a try
Come closer you
I like to see what I buy
The usual price
For just one slice of your pie.

[Fantine]
I don't want you. No, no m'sieur, let me go.

[Bomatabois]
Is this a trick? I won't pay more.

[Fantine] No, not at all.

[Bamatabois]
You've got some nerve, you little whore
You've got some gall
It's the same with a tart
As it is with a grocer
The customer sees what he gets in advance
It's not for the whore to say "yes sir" or "no sir"
Not for the harlot to pick or to chose
Or to lead me a dance!

[Fantine]
I'll kill you you bastard, try any of that
Even a whore who has gone to the bad
Won't be had by a rat!

[Bomatabois]
By christ, you'll pay for what you've done
This rat will make you bleed you'll see!
I guarantee, I'll make you suffer
For this disturbance of the peace
For this insult to life and property!

[Fantine]
I beg you, don't report me sir
I'll do what ever you may want...

[Bomatabois]
Make your excuse to the police!

[Javert]
Tell me quickly what's the story
Who saw what and why and where
Let him give a full discription
Let him answer to javert
In this nest of whores and vipers
Let one speak who saw it all
Who laid hands on this good man here
What's the substance of this brawl?

[Bomatabois]
Javert, would you believe it
I was crossing from the park
When this prostitute attacked me
You can see she left her mark.

[Javert]
She will answer for her actions
When you make a full report
You can rest assured, m'sieur
That she will answer to the court.

[Fantine]
There's a child who sorely needs me
Please m'sieur, she's but "that high"
Holy god, is there no mercy
If i go to jail she'll die!

[Javert]
I have heard such protestation
Every day for twenty years
Lets have no more explanations
Save your breath and save your tears
"honest work. Just reward
That's the way to please the Lord."

[Valjean (emerging from the crowd)]
A moment of your time, Javert
I do believe this woman's tale.

[Javert] But, m'sieur mayor!

[Valjean]
You've done your duty
Let her be
She needs a doctor, not a jail

[Javert] But, m'sieur mayor!
[Fantine] Can this be?

[Valjean]
Where will she end - This child without a friend
(to Fantine)
I've seen your face before
Show me some way to help you
How have you come to grief
In such a place as this?

[Fantine]
M'sieur, don't mock me now, I pray
It's hard enough I've lost my pride!
You let your foreman send me away
Yes you were there and turned aside
I never did no wrong!

[Valjean] Is it true, what I've done?
[Fantine] My daughter's close to dying...
[Valjean] To an innocent soul?

[Fantine] If there's a God above
[Valjean] Had I only known then
[Fantine] He'd let me die instead.

[Valjean]
In his name, my task has just begun
I will see it done.

[Javert] But, m'sieur mayor!
[Valjean] I will see it done!
[Javert] But, m'sieur mayor!
[Valjean] I will see it done!

[Voice]
Look out! It's a runaway cart!