[He's not very bright in the best of times, but Marius has caught sight of familiar features, and the voice is clearly hers, underneath her attempts to disguise it.]
You look lovely, 'Ponine. [His reply is quiet and rings true. She does, after all, and Marius is still even a little nervous. Her beauty is enough to rival Cosette's now, though his mind hasn't been drawing to her quite as much recently. So much time away...it hurts to think that she might have forgotten him, but going to all of these new places has distracted Marius quite a bit.]</small.
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You look lovely, 'Ponine. [His reply is quiet and rings true. She does, after all, and Marius is still even a little nervous. Her beauty is enough to rival Cosette's now, though his mind hasn't been drawing to her quite as much recently. So much time away...it hurts to think that she might have forgotten him, but going to all of these new places has distracted Marius quite a bit.]</small.