



Hes also a Knight Templar to his superior. This is demonstrated when he allows Fantine to be brutalized, and kicks the dog. His dedication to the law is clearly a polarized response to his parents, but he clearly has a particular hatred for prostitutes. Javert coolly explains to Valjean that his father was a thief and his mother a prostitute, which he notes is a parentage he is ashamed of, but will not hide. Later next morning, after the Bishop gets Valjean freed and gives him the silverware and his silver candlesticks besides, the Bishop then reminds him of the "promise" he made to become "a new man", since his soul has now been ransomed back to God etc. That night he steals the Bishop's silver tableware.
