The Bishop, who sees goodness in Valjean and wants him to lead an honest life, implies to the gendarmes that Valjean did not steal the silver. Does his wish to help Valjean, to stand up for him, justify what he tells the gendarmes? What other reasons might he have had for acting as he does? (You don't have to write a long essay just give me the answer to the question an I can put it into an essay) -StudySync, Les Misérables