Les Misérables, Chapter 7 summary

What happens

1. Cravatte raids the countryside and robs an Embrun cathedral, prompting the mayor of Chastelar to warn the Bishop against entering the mountains.
2. The Bishop refuses an armed escort and travels with a child guide to visit shepherds he has not seen for three years.
3. After two weeks of ministry, he plans a ceremonial Te Deum, but the local churches lack suitable vestments.
4. Two horsemen deliver stolen cathedral treasures with a note from Cravatte, and the Bishop credits God for the gift.
5. Back in Chastelar, the Bishop urges his sister to fear inner faults rather than robbers and to pray for others.
6. The narrator leaves the treasures’ disposal uncertain, citing a note weighing the cathedral’s claim against the hospital’s.

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