Enjolras
     Here upon these stones
     We will build our barricade
     In the heart of the city
     We claim as our own!
     Each man to his duty
     And don't be afraid.
     Wait! I will need a report
     On the strength of the foe.

Javert [disguised as a rebel]
     I can find out the truth
     I know their ways
     Fought their wars
     Served my time
     In the days
     Of my youth!

Various Students
     Now the people will fight
     And so they might
     Dogs will back
     Fleas will bite.
     They will do what is right

     [Marius spots Eponine, who is dressed as a boy.]

Marius
     Hey little boy, what's this I see?
     God Eponine, the things you do!

Eponine
     I know this is no place for me
     Still I would rather be with you.

Marius
     Get out before the trouble starts
     Get out, 'Ponine, you might get shot

Eponine
     I got you worried, now I have
     That shows you like me quite a lot

Marius
     There is a way that you can help
     You are the answer to a prayer
     Please take this letter to Cosette
     And pray to God that she's still there!

     [She walks to the Rue Plumet...]

Eponine
     Little you know...
     Little you care!

     [...where she meets Valjean.]

     I have a letter M'sieur
     It's addressed to your daughter Cosette
     It's from a boy at the barricade, Sir
     In the Rue de Villette.

Valjean
     Give me that letter here, my boy

Eponine
     He said to give it to Cosette

Valjean
     You have my word that my daughter will know
     What this letter contains.

     [He gives her a coin.]

     Tell the young man she will read it tomorrow
     And here's for your pains
     Go careful now, stay out of sight
     There's danger in the streets tonight.

     [He opens the letter... and reads it.]

     ''Dearest Cosette, you have entered my soul
     And soon you will be gone.
     Can it be only a day since we met
     And the world was reborn?
     If I should fall in the battle to come
     Let this be my goodbye
     Now that I know you love me as well
     It is harder to die...
     I pray that god will bring me home
     To be with you.
     Pray for your Marius, he prays for you!''

     [Valjean goes in, leaving Eponine alone