At least she's sat. Eponine sits too, and leans down into the filth, feeling for the purses.
"Well, when I was eight, I thought I'd be learning the same as you. Not how to avoid the police and the shop keepers. I had everything, and I lost it. As you have now."
She manages to grab one of the purses, which she tosses at Hattie. "You see if there is money there."
She bends back down. "I think it is right they try us. I have eaten a rat before now. Perhaps they should eat us. You see."
She draws her hand up. One finger si bleeding a little from a rat bite.
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At least she's sat. Eponine sits too, and leans down into the filth, feeling for the purses.
"Well, when I was eight, I thought I'd be learning the same as you. Not how to avoid the police and the shop keepers. I had everything, and I lost it. As you have now."
She manages to grab one of the purses, which she tosses at Hattie.
"You see if there is money there."
She bends back down. "I think it is right they try us. I have eaten a rat before now. Perhaps they should eat us. You see."
She draws her hand up. One finger si bleeding a little from a rat bite.
"It does not hurt. Do you wish to try?