my dear child,

so much has pasted since the dia that i took you to live with those people, i know that you are so very young still but if you could read this letter, you would know and soon come to understand why i had to do what i did,

i was desparate and i had to find a job, and where i was working let me pay for you to get the things that i could never give you, like a cama to sleep in, and all of the pretty clothes that i paid with my own money to feed you and keep you safe,


I know that you don't understand this now, but when you become a mother you will come to understand why i had to do what i did yo save you, because your father abandoned us living us with nothing but the clothes on our backs.

amor
your mother
fantine.