But he only took his daughter? [He's starting to get an idea of what happened, but it sounds more like it's Eponine's father's doing. The girl was likely slave labor, no different than what happened later to Eponine. With that source of labor gone, nothing would ever get done. It's enough to make him frown, feeling the heat of anger towards the man he had yet to see.] Your father never did his own work, did he?

She will grow old, others will forget. The same with my brothers and sisters. They'll grow old too, have children, wed and live their own lives.

All we have is here.