"What do you know of dresses?" Eponine grinned back. "No - you shall find food, and I shall find a dress and we shall dine as if we were kings and queens. But we shall make sure that we keep our heads, no? We shan't get far without them."

She went to slip her hand into his - just so that he could not run off and leave her alone easily. Eponine didn't know Perry very well, but he was an ally, and he was much better than having nobody.