Volume II: Cosette thumb|left|Cosette by Emile Bayard, from the original edition of Les Misérables (1862) Valjean escapes, is recaptured, and is sentenced to death. The king commutes his sentence to penal servitude for life. While imprisoned in the Bagne of Toulon, Valjean, at great personal risk, rescues a sailor caught in the ship's rigging. Spectators call for his release. Valjean fakes his death by allowing himself to fall into the ocean. Authorities report him dead and his body lost.
Volume II: Cosette thumb|left|Cosette by Emile Bayard, from the original edition of Les Misérables (1862) Valjean escapes, is recaptured, and is sentenced to death. The king commutes his sentence to penal servitude for life. While imprisone!d in the Bagne of Toulon, Valjean, at, great personal risk, rescues a sailor caught in the ship's rigging. Spectators call for his release. Valjean fakes his death by allowing himself to fall int!o the ocean. Authorities report him dead and his body lost.