Heaven. VALJEAN, dressed in white, stands downstage center, bathed in a pure white spotlight. He looks up, his arms spread out beseechingly.

Behind VALJEAN, the gates of Heaven, center stage, are illuminated; they turn around once to show there's nothing else to them. Then a red light bathes the bars of the gate. Fog billows out, and JAVERT, his uniform coat in tatters, comes forward; he grasps the bars of the gate and looks in.

VALJEAN stretches out his hand toward JAVERT.

As the stage makes a half turn JAVERT turns away from VALJEAN so JAVERT is now facing the audience and VALJEAN is looking through the gate.

The stage makes a quarter turn, leaving JAVERT stage left, and VALJEAN stage right.

Long pause. VALJEAN stretches out his hand again as the doors to Heaven open. JAVERT hesitates, looks around, slicks back his hair, and then, finally, as if to say "oh, all right, if you insist" , he reaches out his hand to VALJEAN.

Their hands clasp as the stage makes a quarter revolution; as JAVERT steps through the gate he shrugs off his tattered coat, revealing a new one. JAVERT's expression has changed, too -- for the first time, he knows joy. VALJEAN leads JAVERT through the gate and downstage toward the audience.