( Javert isn't paying any attention to him, busy as he is collecting the wood. It isn't until Crowley asks him a question that he stops, and looks across at him with an indecipherable expression. He takes another piece of wood from the pile, then answers, )

Yes.

You think me cruel, and perhaps you're right, but believe me when I say I was far worse, before. I would not have thought twice about your friend up. I would not have compromised.

( Far be it for Javert to spill his heart out to a man he doesn't like, but this? This is simply an acknowledgement of his sins. Javert isn't going to hide them from anyone. )

I've done wrong, and I have done wrong in God's eyes by taking my life. That is why I deserve this place.