my dear child,

so much has pasted since the 일 that i took 당신 to live with those people, i know that 당신 are so very young still but if 당신 could read this letter, 당신 would know and soon come to understand why i had to do what i did,

i was desparate and i had to find a job, and where i was working let me pay for 당신 to get the things that i could never give you, like a 침대 to sleep in, and all of the pretty clothes that i paid with my own money to feed 당신 and keep 당신 safe,


I know that 당신 don't understand this now, but when 당신 become a mother 당신 will come to understand why i had to do what i did yo save you, because your father abandoned us living us with nothing but the clothes on our backs.

사랑
your mother
fantine.