Client: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,monsieur,let me go!
Client:Is this a trick?I won’t pay more!
Fantine:No,not at all
Client:You’ve got some nerve, you ugly slut!
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
It’s not for the harlot to pick or to choose
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!
Client: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 whatever you may want
Client: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 description.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?
Fantine:Threr’s a child who sorely needs me.Please,monsieur,she’s but that high
Holy Dod,is there no mercy?If I go to jail she’ll die!
Javert:I have heard such protestations every day for 20 years
Let’s have no more explanations.Save your breath and save your tears
Honest work, just reward.That’s the way to please that Lord
Jean Valjean:A moment of your time,Javert.I do believe this woman’s tale
Javert:But,Monsieur Mayor
Jean Valjean:You’ve done your duty, let her be.She needs a doctor not a jail
Javert:But,Monsieur Mayor
Fantine:Can this be?
Jean Valjean:Where will she end this child without a friend?
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:Monsieur,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 wet there and turned aside
I never did no wrong
Jean Valjean:Is it true, what I’ve done…
Fantine:My daughter’s close to dying
Jean Valjean:…to an innocent soul?
Fantine:If there’s a God above...
Jean Valjean:Had I only know then
Fantine:…he’d let me die instead
Jean Valjean:In his name my task has just begun
I will see it done
Javert:But,Monsieur Mayor
Jean Valjean:Take her to the hospital
Javert:But,Monsieur Mayor
Jean Valjean:I will see it done!