Marius winces, wishing for a nicer explanation that he could give her, instead of the city's cruelty. His face is full of earnest sadness as he answers her question.
"The people Darrow brings," he says. "They don't always stay. They return home, sometimes. Gavroche returned home." To die, he knows, but he doesn't say it out loud. He doesn't know if Eponine knows, either, the fate of her younger brother. If not, he wants to break such news to her as gently as possible.
"This city is as capricious as it is generous," he says. "Not so much different from Paris, in some respects."
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Date: 2017-12-15 11:29 pm (UTC)"The people Darrow brings," he says. "They don't always stay. They return home, sometimes. Gavroche returned home." To die, he knows, but he doesn't say it out loud. He doesn't know if Eponine knows, either, the fate of her younger brother. If not, he wants to break such news to her as gently as possible.
"This city is as capricious as it is generous," he says. "Not so much different from Paris, in some respects."