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Disclaimer: The characters are Hugo's.
When Eponine doesn't immediately begin wearing the coat Marius bought her for her birthday, he asks her about it. It's blue and pretty, and it matches her eyes, and he was proud of himself for picking it out all by himself. He thinks it suits her much more than the ill-fitting black greatcoat that's in need of a wash and some alteration. When he expresses this to her after a meeting with the rest of the Independents, though, her eyes drop and she mutters something unintelligible. "What?" She mutters it again. "'Ponine, speak up please."
"It's my father's."
He's silent for a moment murmuring an apology and hugging her awkwardly.