[He rests his hand on her shoulder, giving it a comforting squeeze.] You needn't. Things are different here, I think, anyway.

[Whoops. Caught lying.] Ah...[Marius rubs the back of his neck again.] I...actually have not have been to many balls. I did not like them very much, without anyone to speak with.

[He doesn't even know what happened to Enjolras, though it's worrying him that they haven't spoken for some time.]