 After devoting the novel's opening chapters to Bishop Myriel, a kind-hearted old clergyman in the town of Digne, Hugo, without any transition, launches into the story of Valjean.He is a strange man, who arrives one October evening in Digne, searches for a place to stay the night and is turned away.At last he is taken in by the bishop, who trusts him, feeds him supper, and gives him a bed for the night.