I LOVE Eponine, she is my favorite character. Who is your favorite character?
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UPON THESE STONES
[Zeb is addressing the revolutionaries.]
Zeb
Here upon these stones
We will build our barricade
In the heart of the city
We claim as our own!
Each man to his duty
And don't be afraid.
Wait! I will need a report
On the strength of the foe.
Inquisitor [disguised as a rebel]
I can find out the truth
I know their ways
Fought their wars
Served my time
In the days
Of my youth!
Various Students
Now the people will fight
And so they might
Dogs will bark
Fleas will bite.
They will do what is right
[Ezra spots Eponine, who is dressed as a boy.]
Ezra
Hey little boy, what's this I see?
God Eponine, the things you do!
Eponine
I know this is no place for me
Still I would rather be with you.
Ezra
Get out before the trouble starts
Get out, 'Ponine, you might get shot
Eponine
I got you worried, now I have
That shows you like me quite a lot
Ezra
There is a way that you can help
You are the answer to a prayer
Please take this letter to Sabine
And pray to God that she's still there!
[She walks to the Rue Plumet...]
Eponine
Little you know...
Little you care!
[...where she meets Kanan.]
I have a letter M'sieur
It's addressed to your daughter Sabine
It's from a boy at the barricade, Sir
In the Rue de Villette.
Kanan Jarrus
Give me that letter here, my boy
Eponine
He said to give it to Sabine
Kanan Jarrus
You have my word that my daughter will know
What this letter contains.
[He gives her a coin.]
Tell the young man she will read it tomorrow
And here's for your pains
Go careful now, stay out of sight
There's danger in the streets tonight.
[He opens the letter... and reads it.]
``Dearest Sabine, you have entered my soul
And soon you will be gone.
Can it be only a day since we met
And the world was reborn?
If I should fall in the battle to come
Let this be my goodbye
Now that I know you love me as well
It is harder to die...
I pray the Force will bring me home
To be with you.
Pray for your Ezra, he prays for you!''
[Kanan goes in, leaving Eponine alone.]
ON MY OWN
Eponine
And now I'm all alone again
Nowhere to turn, no one to go to
Without a home without a friend
Without a face to say hello to
And now the night is near
I can make believe he's here
Sometimes I walk alone at night
When everybody else is sleeping
I think of him and I'm happy
With the company I'm keeping
The city goes to bed
And I can live inside my head
Own my own
Pretending he's beside me
All alone
I walk with him till morning
Without him
I feel his arms around me
And when I lose my way I close my eyes
And he has found me
In the rain the pavement shines like silver
All the lights are misty in the river
In the darkness, the trees are full of starlight
And all I see is him and me forever and forever
And I know it's only in my mind
That I'm talking to myself and not to him
And although I know that he is blind
Still I say, there's a way for us
I love him
But when the night is over
He is gone
The river's just a river
Without him
The world around me changes
The trees are bare and everywhere
The streets are full of strangers
I love him
But every day I'm learning
All my life
I've only been pretending
Without me
His world would go on turning
A world that's full of happiness
That I have never known
I love him
I love him
I love him
But only on my own.
AT THE BARRICADE
[The barricade is now complete.]
Students
Now we pledge ourselves to hold this barricade
Let them come in their legions
And they will be met
Have faith in yourselves
And don't be afraid
Let's give 'em a screwing
That they'll never forget!
This is where it begins!
And if I should die in the fight to be free
Where the fighting is hardest
There will I be
Let them come if they dare
We'll be there!
Army Officer [Offstage]
You at the barricade listen to this
No one is coming to help you to fight
You're on your own
You have no friends
Give up your guns - or die!
Zeb
Damn their warnings, damn their lies
They will see the people rise!
Students
Damn their warnings, damn their lies
They will see the people rise!
[Inquisitor climbs over the barricade.]
Inquisitor
Listen my friends
I have done as I said
I have been to their lines
I have counted each man
I will tell what I can
Better be warned
They have armies to spare
And the danger is real
We will need all our cunning
To bring them to heel.
Zeb
Have faith
If you know what their movements are
We'll spoil their game
There are ways that a people can fight
We shall overcome their power
Inquisitor
I have overheard their plans
There will be no attack tonight
They intend to starve us out
Before they start a proper fight
Concentrate their force
Hit us from the right.
LITTLE PEOPLE
[Chopper enters.]
Chopper
Liar!
Good evening, dear Inquisitor
Lovely evening, my dear.
I know this man, my friends
His name is The Inquisitor
So don't believe a word he says
'Cause none of it's true
This only goes to show
What little people can do!
And little people know
When little people fight
We may look easy pickings
But we've got some bite
So never kick a dog
Because he's just a pup
We'll fight like twenty armies
And we won't give up
So you'd better run for cover
When the pup grows up!
Grantaire
Bravo, little Chopper, you're the top of the class!
Prouvaire
So what are we going to do
With this snake in the grass?
Zeb
Tie this man and take him
To the tavern in there
The people will decide your fate
The Inquisitor!
Various Students
Take the bastard now and shoot him!
Let us watch the devil dance
You'd have done the same Inquisitor
If we'd let you have your chance!
Inquisitor
Shoot me now or shoot me later
Every schoolboy to his sport
Death to each and every traitor
I renounce your people's court!
Combeferre
Though we may not all survive here
There are things that never die
Grantaire
What's the difference? Die a schoolboy
Die a stormtrooper die a spy!
Zeb
Take this man, bring him through
There is work we have to do!
