Les Misérables Volume I Book 2 Chapter 11 - What he does

In which a weary and furtive Jean Valjean, trembling with unease and weighed down by the tumult within, ventures into the serene chamber of a sleeping bishop, struck by the holy man's radiant calm and gentle repose that seems to cast a luminous halo upon the night. After a moment of profound hesitation and inner conflict beneath the crucifix’s benediction, he swiftly seizes a basket of silver and escapes into the darkness, the silence of the house undisturbed by the creaking door he leaves behind.