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1. I was an illegitimate child whose father abandoned my mother and me. My mother was forced to leave me at an inn in Montfermeil-sur-Mer. Unfortunately my foster parents treated me as a slave, but I was luckily rescued by a kind patron when I was eight years old. When I was older, I fell in love with Marius. Who am I?
2. As a child, I was cossetted and adored by my parents, who spoilt me rotten! However my father was a thief as well as being an inn-keeper, and I became part of his gang when I was older. I then fell in love with Marius and became a better person for it, trying to prevent Marius' girlfriend from being robbed by my father. I was the first person to fall on the barricade after delivering a love-note from Marius to his girlfriend. Who am I?
3. I was the leader of the student rebels, and it was I who awaited a sign to start the revolution. Gavroche provided me with this when he informed me that General Lamarque was dead. A true fanatic for my cause, I had no time for Marius when he told me that he was in love. I died on the barricades. Who am I?
4. I was born inside a jail, but went on to become a policeman. I am very much on the side of the law, and I made it my business to hunt out a felon who had skipped bail. I discovered a bit too late that he'd been living as the mayor of my town! Later, the same felon saved me from the rebels, but I couldn't live with the knowledge that I owed my life to a thief, and committed suicide by jumping into the River Seine. Who am I?
5. I fell in love and became pregnant out of wedlock. My husband abandoned us and, when my child was two, I was forced to leave her and obtain work in a factory. Unfortunately, the foreman was a horrible lecherous man and was forever coming on to me, which made all the other girls jealous (though they would've been welcome to him, yurgh!). When one of my letters was opened by another worker, they found out I had a child and I was fired. I couldn't get another job, so I sold my hair, my teeth, a locket and eventually my body to keep up the payments for my daughter, but ultimately died before I could see her again. Who am I?
6. I spent 19 years in jail for stealing a loaf of bread to feed my starving family (although, to be fair, 14 of those years were because I tried to escape). I have almost super-human strength and once managed to lift a cart of a man who would otherwise have been crushed to death. I turned my life right around after I was caught stealing from a bishop, who saved me from returning to jail. Who am I?
7. Boy, you don't want to mess with me! I might only be 12 years old but I'm tough, having lived on the streets for years. I was the youngest person to be on the barricades, but I showed my true worth when I exposed Inspector Javert as an impostor and an infiltrator. Sadly I too died on the barricades, when I was out collecting ammunition from dead soldiers. Who am I?
8. I was one of the students on the barricade, though since I was mostly drunk, quite a lot of the subtlety of the plans passed me by! I'm always up for a laugh and I used to constantly tease Marius for falling in love, that hopeless old romantic. I used to sign my name "R", which was a bit of a play on words. I too died on the barricades. Who am I?
9. I'm quite the stud, though nothing could be further from my mind! All the girls fall for me, though personally I've always been a romantic one-girl boy, and I fell hard for a girl called Cosette, though I only met her once through her father's gate. I fought on the barricades, but I survived and married Cosette in the end, although I haven't quite managed to get over the guilt of being one of the only two rebel survivors. Who am I?
10. I'm the "master of the house", and I like to think of myself as a bit of a "bon viveur", a "servant to the poor" and a "butler to the great". My wife, however, seems to think I'm "hypocrite and toady and inebriate" - how rude! I ran an inn for many years, and although I would add many little extras to the bills, such as charging for the mice and the lice, I found it more profitable to run a burglary gang on the side. My wife and I once agreed to look after an illegitimate brat and the worst mistake of my life was selling her to some stranger for 1,500 francs, as she was worth much more to me as a servant. Who am I?
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