That wasn't going to win him any pity. If anything, it reminded Éponine more of the feeble excuses her father and his gang had always made after a night of drinking ended with them taking out their frustrations on the Thénardier sisters.
"There's a glass behind Valérie's things." It'd seemed the best hiding spot, after some consultation with Azelma, because he never tended to go near that.