"Well, I can't condone going around kissing other men's girlfriends, but her response was certainly overwrought. She's... like that." It's not an excuse, more of an explanation, even if it's not much of that either. "I can talk to her if you like? Or mediate while you do."

Neither option promises resolution given Eponine's track record, but someone has to finally put their foot down with her. She's completely out of control and while given their situation it's to be expected - can anyone thrown in repeated death matches really be considered sane? - that's only to a point. It's time she learned to play nice, even if that means some tough love.

"She's a little mad. It's not her fault, it's more the time period and circumstances she came from, but to expect Eponine to be completely rational is something like expecting a tiger to have spots."