she said,

    take a candle! take anytake a coal from t you be quicker?—Dont say I sent you, mind!

    Can you believe s?—tripping dos of stairs, ed coal in a pair of fire-tongs, just so a man mig? ell, I  no. Gentleman saepping across to  I carried, and laughed.

    I said, All rig me do for you to ligte from. Look glad, sc make a business of it, if you .

    move  raised o her window.

    a good girl she is, he said.

    Soo good for you, t I do know.

    only as a gentleman so a servant; and ly,

    how do we do, Sue?

    Pretty well, I answered.

    You think she loves me?

    I do. Oh, yes.

    a silver case and lifted free a cigarette. But s told you so?

    S o.

    o trust you?

    I t. She has nobody else.

    te, t in a sigained the cold air blue. he said, Shes ours.

    epped back a little ured  ed, let to tooped to  it.  else? old  t ened, smiling, all time fumbling ongs over tc up and rising, and placing my ongs and pressing tight.

    tly. ter. But you kno do? atctle jeing and turn o cas like t on, in an ordinary voice. Mr ay o t door of to see  fall and scorcs . . .

    I made sey, and epped out to bend  tc,  murmur:

    ts on you, at Lant Street. Mrs Sucksby o kiss you, in her behalf.

    kiss, t te into ted up e o brus back behind his ear.

    From ep, I saudying  quite sure o do most: laug s out. But

    Gentleman kept . ed o tretc Maud migter from the shadows of her room.

    Sood and c