[Don't you dare talk bad about her family. Yes, they're horrible. No, they don't give two tosses about Eponine. But they're all she has. She hates them - fears them, especially her papa, especially after she ruined his plans - but she loves them in her own twisted way. She starts up at Hattie, cross now.]
He isn't. You cannot say that of a man you have never met. If you saw his escape from prison you would not say he is pathetic.
...And I was not saying you are. But to you, I may seem slow, you know. But I AM clever. I know things what you might be surprised about. Not book facts... but real things, Hattie. Madame. I know how it is.
[She shrugs. Eponine feels awkward. She always feels awkward around the upper classes, and she resents Hattie just that little bit more for having a jibe at her papa.]
I do not tell everybody. Ella merely asked why it was I was taking her sword - and do you know what has happened to me of late, Madame? I cannot go to XXX - and truly, I am glad. I hate it, Hattie. But it was good money. And you do not pay me, and M'sieur Gold does not - I have no money coming in. Only what I can steal.
[She slumps back once more, refusing to make eye contact]
I will lose my room. It is not much, but it's the most I have ever had. And if I lose it, I will have to go to sector 11 and squat in the houses without any darkness proofing, or go to the dorms - and Madame, what they do there is not fit for your ears. So I stole, and she asked and I said. If anyone else knows, it is she who has said. Not me.
I do not know what she would give me. She gave me bread and meat once. You give me lots... I know that. And truly I am grateful. It is just... It is hard for me.
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[Don't you dare talk bad about her family. Yes, they're horrible. No, they don't give two tosses about Eponine. But they're all she has. She hates them - fears them, especially her papa, especially after she ruined his plans - but she loves them in her own twisted way. She starts up at Hattie, cross now.]
He isn't. You cannot say that of a man you have never met. If you saw his escape from prison you would not say he is pathetic.
...And I was not saying you are. But to you, I may seem slow, you know. But I AM clever. I know things what you might be surprised about. Not book facts... but real things, Hattie. Madame. I know how it is.
[She shrugs. Eponine feels awkward. She always feels awkward around the upper classes, and she resents Hattie just that little bit more for having a jibe at her papa.]
I do not tell everybody. Ella merely asked why it was I was taking her sword - and do you know what has happened to me of late, Madame?
I cannot go to XXX - and truly, I am glad. I hate it, Hattie. But it was good money. And you do not pay me, and M'sieur Gold does not - I have no money coming in. Only what I can steal.
[She slumps back once more, refusing to make eye contact]
I will lose my room. It is not much, but it's the most I have ever had. And if I lose it, I will have to go to sector 11 and squat in the houses without any darkness proofing, or go to the dorms - and Madame, what they do there is not fit for your ears. So I stole, and she asked and I said. If anyone else knows, it is she who has said. Not me.
I do not know what she would give me. She gave me bread and meat once. You give me lots... I know that. And truly I am grateful. It is just... It is hard for me.