'It is not as simple as that. At least with regard others.'

With Valjean it probably is. Javert does try to think about him objectively, but it gets more difficult by the day.

'There are reasons for doing good things that may not be, in themselves, good. And bad things done with good intentions are still bad, I suppose, even if people are made better off by them.'

He looks more exhausted from thinking about this than he did when he was trying not to fall asleep against the rock.

'I do not know. I am not the person to ask about these things. Yes, Valjean is a good man. But how much of an example can be made from him I do not know, nor do I wish to at present.'