[Eponine got up; she hadn't been fussed about the floor, and certainly hadn't wanted to to impose too much on Ella.]
I'm sorry. It is habit, just a habit now to call people 'Madame'. But perhaps these people think we are bad? Perhaps they are thinking that we are dangerous?"
She paused, looking round. "They will have to let us out, no? They cannot keep us if we have not done anything - even in France they had to let me out because - well, I said I was too young. I told them I was fifteen - and maybe I am; I don't know. But they had to let me and 'Zelma go because they had nothing on us."
She dropped her voice to a whisper. "Maybe there is a way we can break out - if they do not let us go."
Re: The Barracks
I'm sorry. It is habit, just a habit now to call people 'Madame'. But perhaps these people think we are bad? Perhaps they are thinking that we are dangerous?"
She paused, looking round. "They will have to let us out, no? They cannot keep us if we have not done anything - even in France they had to let me out because - well, I said I was too young. I told them I was fifteen - and maybe I am; I don't know. But they had to let me and 'Zelma go because they had nothing on us."
She dropped her voice to a whisper. "Maybe there is a way we can break out - if they do not let us go."