[He doesn't think himself overly good as a rule. But certainly not so because he was seeking to repay what surely was owed to a man who was also his senior.
That Eponine should look so melancholy took him aback again, and he could not guess the reason for it. He had been clear that he intended no slight to her, despite ample evidence that she was from a family of criminal proceedings.
For that self-same reason, and her excessive poverty at the Gorbeau House, he could not fathom taking tea and cakes from her. It seemed outlandish at very best, even if their locale and circumstance was much adjusted now. Besides which--]
It should not be very proper, no. To dine alone with a woman of acquaintance.
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That Eponine should look so melancholy took him aback again, and he could not guess the reason for it. He had been clear that he intended no slight to her, despite ample evidence that she was from a family of criminal proceedings.
For that self-same reason, and her excessive poverty at the Gorbeau House, he could not fathom taking tea and cakes from her. It seemed outlandish at very best, even if their locale and circumstance was much adjusted now. Besides which--]
It should not be very proper, no. To dine alone with a woman of acquaintance.