For six years Cosette and Jean Valjean stayed at the convent; and then, on the death of the old gardener, Jean Valjean, now bearing the name of Fauchelevent, decided that as Cosette was not going to be a nun, and as recognition was no longer to be feared, it would be well to remove into the city. So a house was taken in the Rue Plumet, and here, with a faithful servant, the old man dwelt with his adopted child. But Jean Valjean took other rooms in Paris, in case of accidents. Cosette was growing up. She was conscious of her good looks, and she was in love with a well-connected youth named Marius, the son of Baron Pontmercy. Jean Valjean learnt of this secret love-making with dismay. The idea of parting from Cosette was intolerable to him. Then, in June 1832, came desperate street fighting in Paris, and Marius was in command of one of the revolutionary barricades. At this barricade Javert had been captured as a spy, and Jean Valjean, who was known to the revolutionaries, found his old, implacable enemy tied to a post, waiting to be shot. Jean Valjean requested to be allowed to blow out Javert's brains himself, and permission was given. Holding a pistol in his hand, Jean Valjean led Javert, who was still bound, to a lane out of sight of the barricade, and there with his knife cut the ropes from the wrists and feet of his prisoner. "You are free," he said. "Go; and if by chance I leave this place alive, I am to be found under the name of Fauchelevent, in the Rue de l'Homme-Armé, No. 7." Javert walked a few steps, and then turned back, and cried, "You worry me. I would rather you killed me!" "Go!" was the only answer from Jean Valjean. Javert moved slowly away; and when he had disappeared Jean Valjean discharged his pistol in the air. Soon the last stand of the insurgents was at an end, and the barricade destroyed. Jean Valjean, who had taken no part in the struggle, beyond exposing himself to the bullets of the soldiers, was unhurt; but Marius lay wounded and insensible in his arms. The soldiers were shooting down all who tried to escape. The situation was terrible. There was only one chance for life--underground. An iron grating, which led to the sewers, was at his feet. Jean Valjean tore it open, and disappeared with Marius on his shoulders. He emerged, after a horrible passage through a grating by the bank of the river, only to find there the implacable Javert! Jean Valjean was quite calm. "Inspector Javert," he said, "help me to carry this man home; then do with me what you please." A cab was waiting for the inspector. He ordered the man to drive to the address Jean Valjean gave him. Marius, still unconscious, was taken to his grandfather's house. "Inspector Javert," said Jean Valjean, "grant me one thing more. Let me go home for a minute; then you may take me where you will." Javert told the driver to go to Rue de l'Homme-Armé, No. 7. When they reached the house, Javert said, "Go up; I will wait here for you!"