Its just a saying. If there are two of one thing for every penny in circulation then its not very unique. ie so common as to be almost worthless.
hope that helps
Edit: Of course its also Eponine making a comment about the bourgeoisie in post revolutionary France. Those pretty rich girls are not all that common in a society that is full of beggars on the street.
"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."
To Kill A Mockingbird
In my head I can hear both Francess Ruffelle and Lea Salonga singing those lines to Michael Ball. Therefore I conclude that its on the OLC and Albert Hall recording. Plus my london cds are at the bottom and back of my collection and too lazy to gig out before I got to bed
And yes it comes right before she launches into the pre On My Own recit.
Hm....I *think* that the concert version went right into On My Own after intermission. I was going to write that CD as well in my above post and then remembered. I own the video, which is the same as the CD, unless they had cut out the Errand on the video. I haven't listened to the concert on CD in some time.
How to properly use its/it's:
Its is the possessive. It's is the contraction for it is...
H/o. I may be mixed up. I know the errend is the note from Marius to Cosette.
But is the scene with Eponine and Marius before he sees Cosette on cd?
"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."
To Kill A Mockingbird
The scene with this lyric is right after "Stars". Gavroche sings quickly and then this scene...
E: My God. What a rumpus! M: That girl who can she be? E: That cop, he'd like to jump us. But he ain't smart, not he. M: Eponine, who was that girl. E: Some bourgeoise two-a-penny thing. M: Eponine, find her for me. E: What will you give me? M: Anything! E: Got you all excited now, but God knows what you see in her. Aren't you all delighted now? No, I don't want your money, sir. M: Eponine, do this for me: Discover where she lives. But careful how you go. Don't let her father know. 'Ponine, I'm lost until she's found... E: You'll say "I told you so." There's lots of things I know. 'Ponine - she knows her way around.
They then go right into "Red & Black".
PS - That's off the top of my head, so apologies if the lyrics aren't 100% right (although I think they're pretty close).
