"You threaten me?" Eponine looks at him, considering and then laughs. "I didn't think you should have it in you, Sir. But me, I am harmless. That Coraline is a monster. She has told such stories about me, and laughed and - and -"

She shakes her head and leans back on the wall. "What do you care anyway? You are her protector, no? You care for her? You shan't believe me anyway, so what is the point in protesting?"