"And all without having to go out of your way. Yes, of course, that's clever of you, I should have expected it." Éponine nodded, because joke or not she was now actually contemplating the feasibility of the concept, and she would have hated to know how much she resembled her father if she had seen the calculating expression on her face when she said it. "But why the costumes, then? Spectacle, maybe? A bit of something to entertain guests while they drink?"