"You didn't have to. And I know. She's lucky to have you, you know. She needs people looking after her."

They're agreed wholly on that point. Nadine knows that she's probably brought a whole lot of frustration and stress into her life by attaching herself to Eponine, but...she can't help it. She sees how she could have turned out, if not for Flagg. What years of being unwanted and put down could do.

And it's not too late for Eponine.