"Us?" Eponine looked completely blank. What on earth was this man talking about? What could he possibly mean, 'us'? Unless... It clicked properly then. Another man, asking, always asking. And the single time she had asked, Marius had looked horrified. He'd left her sat alone. And then she'd run away.

She didn't smile. Rather, she raised her fists. "I can fight, you know, if this is a trick to surprise me. I am not so weak as I look, Monsieur. I know well how to fight."