Wolverine vs. Gladiator in: Les Miserables Page #3

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BAMATABOIS:

What do you have for me?

PIMP:
Here's

our youngest, sir.

(SINGING)

I don't want you

You've got some nerve,

you little slut.

You've got some gall.

(LAUGHS MOCKINGLY)

(GASPS)

(SCREAMS)

Ow!

(SINGING) By Christ,

you'll pay for

what you've done

I guarantee

I'll make you suffer

I beg you,

don't report me, sir

I'll do whatever

you may want

Make your excuse to the police

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

Javert, would you believe it?

I was lost here in the dark

When this

prostitute attacked me

You can see she left her mark

She will answer

for her actions

If you make a full report

You may rest assured, monsieur

She will answer to the court

There's a child

who sorely needs me

Please, monsieur,

she's but that high

Holy God, is there no mercy?

If I go to jail she'll die

I have heard

such protestations

every day for 20 years

Let's have

no more explanations

Save your breath,

save your tears

Honest work, just reward

That's the way

to please the Lord

A moment of your time, Javert

I do believe this woman 's tale

Monsieur le Mayor!

You've done your duty,

let her be

She needs a doctor,

not a jail

Monsieur le Mayor!

Can this be?

Where will she end

This child without a friend?

I've seen your face before

(SHIVERING)

Show me some way to help you

How have you come to grief

In such a place as this?

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 were there

And turned aside

(SPITS)

(WEEPING)

I never did no wrong

Is it true what I've done...

My daughter's close to dying

... to an innocent soul?

If there's a God above...

Had I only known then

...he'd let me die instead

In His name

my task has just begun

I will take her

to the hospital.

Monsieur le Mayor.

Where is your child?

With an innkeeper

in Montfermeil.

I will send for her

immediately.

(SINGING)

I will see it done!

Rest.

From Paris, monsieur.

(SINGING) Monsieur le Mayor,

I have a crime to declare!

I have disgraced

The uniform that I wear

I've done you wrong

Let no forgiveness be shown

I've been as hard

On every rogue I have known

I mistook you for a convict

I have made a false report

Now I learn

they caught the culprit

He's about to face the court

And of course

he now denies it

You'd expect that of a con

But he couldn't run forever

No, not even Jean Valjean

You say this man denies it all

And gives no sign of

understanding or repentance?

You say this man

is going to trial

And that he's

sure to be returned

to serve his sentence?

He will pay, and so must I

Press charges against me, sir

You have only

done your duty

It's a minor sin

at most

All of us have

made misjudgments

You'll return, sir,

to your post

(SIGHS IN RELIEF)

They think that man is me

Without a second glance

This stranger they have found

This man could be my chance

Why should I save his hide?

Why should I right this wrong?

When I have come so far

and struggled for so long?

If I speak, I am condemned

If I stay silent,

I am damned!

I am the master of

hundreds of workers

They all look to me

Can I abandon them?

How would they live

if I am not free?

If I speak, they are condemned

If I stay silent

I am damned

Who am I?

Can I condemn

this man to slavery?

Pretend I do not

feel his agony?

This innocent

who bears my face

Who goes to judgment

in my place

Who am I?

Can I conceal

myself forevermore?

Pretend I'm not

the man I was before?

And must my name until I die

be no more than an alibi?

Must I lie?

How can I ever

face my fellow men?

How can I ever

face myself again?

My soul belongs to God, I know

I made that bargain long ago

He gave me hope

when hope was gone

He gave me

strength to journey on!

Who am I?

Who am I?

I'm Jean Valjean

(URGES HORSE)

Monsieur le Mayor!

(SINGING) And so,

Your Honor, you see it's true

This man bears

no more guilt than you!

Who am I?

24601!

MAGISTRATE:
Monsieur le Mayor,

you are not well.

You must come with me.

If you don't believe me,

ask Inspector Javert.

You'll find me

at the hospital.

(AUDIENCE MURMURING)

(SINGING) Cosette,

it's turned so cold

(COUGHING WEAKLY)

Cosette,

it's past your bedtime

You've played the day away

And soon it will be night

Come to me

Cosette, the light is fading

Don't you see

The evening star appearing?

Come to me

And rest against my shoulder

How fast the minutes fly away

and every minute colder

(VALJEAN SHUSHING)

Dear Fantine,

Cosette will be here soon

Dear Fantine,

she will be by your side

Come, Cosette

My child, where did you go?

Be at peace

Be at peace evermore

My Cosette

Shall live in my protection

Take her now

Your child will

want for nothing

Good monsieur,

you come from God in heaven

Tell Cosette I love her

And I'll see her when I wake

(SIGHS IN DISMAY)

(GASPS)

Valjean, at last

We see each other plain

"Monsieur le Mayor"

You'll wear a different chain

Before you say

another word, Javert

Before you chain me up

like a slave again

Listen to me!

There is something I must do

This woman leaves

behind a suffering child

There is none but me

who can intercede

In mercy's name,

three days are all I need

Then I'll return,

I pledge my word

Then I'll return

You must think me mad

I've hunted you

across the years

Men like you

can never change

A man such as you!

Believe of me what you will

Men like you

can never change

There is a duty

I'm sworn to do

Men like me

can never change

You know nothing of my life

No, 24601!

All I did was steal some bread

My duty is to the law

You know nothing

of the world

You have no rights

You would sooner

see me dead

Come with me, 24601!

But not before

I see this justice done!

JAVERT:
Now the wheel

has turned around

Jean Valjean

means nothing now

Dare you talk to me

of crime

I am warning you, Javert

And the price

you had to pay

I'm the stronger man by far!

Every man is born in sin

There is power in me yet!

Every man

must choose his way

My race is not yet run!

You know nothing of Javert!

I was born inside a jail!

I was born

with scum like you!

I am from the gutter, too!

(LIVELY MUSIC PLAYING)

(CHILDREN LAUGHING)

There is a castle on a cloud

I like to go there in my sleep

Aren't any floors

for me to sweep

Not in my castle on a cloud

There is a lady all in white

Holds me and sings a lullaby

She's nice to see

and she's soft to touch

She says,

(WHISPERING) "Cosette,

I love you very much"

I know a place

where no one's lost

I know a place

where no one cries

Crying at all is not allowed

Not in my castle on a cloud

(GASPS)

Now look who's here!

The little madam herself

Pretending once again

she's been so awfully good

Better not let me

catch you slacking!

Better not catch my eye!

Ten rotten francs

your mother sends me

What is that going to buy?

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