"You think it's alright, then? That he didn't know?" Eponine cheers up a bit. If Eva thinks it's ok, then it can't be so bad.

"I think you're the only person I proper love, you know? All the boys, the men. I just say it so they'll love me. The men I go with especially. They give me a coin, or a pretty necklace or something, and I like that. And Dave and them - I like being with a man who is so beautiful, that all the others stare and are jealous of me. I like making them fall in love with me. I like laughing at them like everyone else laughs at me. I don't think I care if I am wicked!"