[And that is all it takes for Eponine to burst into tears all over again. Nobody has ever said anything so nice to her in all her life. She bites the inside of her bottom lip, though she smiles, and she lifts his hands to her lips to press a kiss on it.]

You are too kind, M'sieur. I am a bad girl, really. Marius would hate me if he knew... but I thank you all the same.