▁his ▁paper ▁factory ▁by ▁lif ting ▁a ▁heavy ▁cart ▁on ▁his ▁shoulders ▁as ▁Val je an ▁does . ▁Hugo ' s ▁description ▁of ▁Val je an ▁res cu ing ▁a ▁sail or ▁on ▁the ▁Or ion ▁drew ▁almost ▁word ▁for ▁word ▁on ▁a ▁Baron ▁La ▁Ron ci ère ' s ▁letter ▁describing ▁such ▁an ▁incident . ▁Hugo ▁used ▁Bien ven u ▁de ▁Mi oll is ▁( 1 7 5 3 – 1 8 4 3 ), ▁the ▁Bishop ▁of ▁D igne ▁during ▁the ▁time ▁in ▁which ▁Val je an ▁enc oun ters ▁My riel , ▁as ▁the ▁model ▁for ▁My riel . ▁ ▁Hugo ▁had ▁used ▁the ▁departure ▁of ▁prisoners ▁from ▁the ▁B agne ▁of ▁Toul on ▁in ▁one ▁of ▁his ▁early ▁stories , ▁Le ▁D ern ier ▁J our ▁d ' un ▁Cond am né . ▁He ▁went ▁to ▁Toul on ▁to ▁visit ▁the ▁B agne ▁in ▁ 1 8 3 9 ▁and ▁took ▁extensive ▁notes , ▁though ▁he ▁did ▁not ▁start ▁writing ▁the ▁book ▁until ▁ 1 8 4 5 . ▁On ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁pages ▁of ▁his ▁notes ▁about ▁the ▁prison , ▁he ▁wrote ▁in ▁large ▁block ▁letters ▁a ▁possible ▁name ▁for ▁his ▁hero : ▁" J E AN ▁TR É J E AN ". ▁When ▁the ▁book ▁was ▁finally ▁written , ▁Tr é je an ▁became ▁Val je an . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 4 1 , ▁Hugo ▁saved ▁a ▁prost itute ▁from ▁arrest ▁for ▁assault . ▁He ▁used ▁a ▁short ▁part ▁of ▁his ▁dialog ue ▁with ▁the