[Oh. He was asking about her love-life. Eponine swallows a bite of her sandwich.]
Yes...?
[Not because she wasn't all right- she was very all right when it came to her relationship. Really, it was the fact that he asked at all that shocked her.] Things are great, yeah.
[Which was Azelma's cue for "She and 'Parnasse are going to get married," in a rather throw-away manner, like it was no big deal, just some casual fact. Eponine takes another bite of her sandwich, hoping to prolong any other questions that were now going to fall her way.]
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Yes...?
[Not because she wasn't all right- she was very all right when it came to her relationship. Really, it was the fact that he asked at all that shocked her.] Things are great, yeah.
[Which was Azelma's cue for "She and 'Parnasse are going to get married," in a rather throw-away manner, like it was no big deal, just some casual fact. Eponine takes another bite of her sandwich, hoping to prolong any other questions that were now going to fall her way.]