"He wouldn't have me anyway. There's only wickedness in me, Ma'am. God in any stupid story don't like that, and the priests only like money and I don't have that neither." She snorts a laugh. "I only have my devil and he will take me with him when he catches me again."
Eponine's face lights with a smile that reaches even her dull eyes. "Will you really? To read proper and that? You - you don't have to, you know? Oh -" Her expression falls. Payment. All she has is a cookie and... she reaches to her tangled, matted hair, and quickly unwinds the ribbon that had been holding it back. Her hair falls into her face, and Eponine pushes it back impatiently. She holds the ribbon - Nadine's ribbon that she gave to Susan - back out to Nadine.
"It's the only thing I own, Ma'am. It's the nicest thing I've had in forever. But I should rather learn a little. Take it, Nadine, as payment, won't you? I can... there'll be a way to get a better thing soon, I swear."
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Eponine's face lights with a smile that reaches even her dull eyes. "Will you really? To read proper and that? You - you don't have to, you know? Oh -" Her expression falls. Payment. All she has is a cookie and... she reaches to her tangled, matted hair, and quickly unwinds the ribbon that had been holding it back. Her hair falls into her face, and Eponine pushes it back impatiently. She holds the ribbon - Nadine's ribbon that she gave to Susan - back out to Nadine.
"It's the only thing I own, Ma'am. It's the nicest thing I've had in forever. But I should rather learn a little. Take it, Nadine, as payment, won't you? I can... there'll be a way to get a better thing soon, I swear."