"Do you think that's true for me as well?" Eponine studies Abigail's face, trying not to look or sound as anxious as she feels. "When I was here last, they put me in the prison in the prison because I was bad, and in Nott... he said he wouldn't tell, but I don't believe him."
She looks around the yard quickly, scanning for a sign of Sasarai.
"Some people have made it clear I am not wanted. Look, even paid me to go." She lifts her rags. Tied to her waist with a bit of old rope, dangling down the side of her leg is a bulging blue coin purse. "But I ain't got nowhere else to go. Who would let me in their house looking like this?"
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"When I was here last, they put me in the prison in the prison because I was bad, and in Nott... he said he wouldn't tell, but I don't believe him."
She looks around the yard quickly, scanning for a sign of Sasarai.
"Some people have made it clear I am not wanted. Look, even paid me to go." She lifts her rags. Tied to her waist with a bit of old rope, dangling down the side of her leg is a bulging blue coin purse.
"But I ain't got nowhere else to go. Who would let me in their house looking like this?"