"And you don't want to try for honest work?" Eponine raises an eyebrow. Abigail's the first person, beside herself, to admit that she'd rather hustle and steal than work honestly. Though, Eponine's reliance on theft is her knowledge that she's good at it. She doesn't want to try looking for a legitimate job because she's convinced that she'll be rejected straight away.

"Susan is looking for true work, but me, no. There is a fortune to be had here if you look to the underworld. It is bad, and me, I dislike it. I wish I could be good, but me, I am rotten. It is too late for me, you see? So it don't matter no more."

She shrugs. "And, 'sides. They have locked me up for naught. I may as well do the crime for the punishments I have served, no?"