cked and smeared. I stand and te. All rigy. I do not ansamped e. From a . Ladies and Gentlemens Cast-off Clotion, anted for— elston amp; New-laid Eggs—

    think, Maud.

    I turn to face t my mouto a gap in the wood.

    Dainty, I say quietly.

    is it?

    Dainty, I am not  fetching.

    ? Sries t, miss.

    I cant. I darent. Dainty, you must go to t

    in my room upstairs. ill you? there. ill

    you? O rushes! I am afraid of

    the men coming back—

    Oanding me at last. S you out ?

    ill you go for me, Dainty? But Im not to leave you, miss!

    I must keep il Mrs Sucksby comes! But say t Jo! Or say I she door

    is bolted!  ters. And t of drawers, you

    say?

    top-most dra. ill you

    ust make myself neat, and take it so

    badly—

    All right.

    Be quick!

    All right!

    o t, tc and run. I run out of to t—I remember ttles, t me. But I run furty pat  before; but I see it, and kno—I kno!—it leads to an alley and turn, leads to anotreet and leads me— recognise, t runs under t remember it nearer, lower. I recall a here is no wall here.

    No matter. Keep going. Keep t your back, and run. take , and are dark, you must not get caugter t t and ao you. No matter t London is loud. No matter t tter t tare—no matter t t;

    t tter t your slippers are silk, t your feet are cut by every stone and cinder—

    So I  myself into t is only my e, my distraction—t, and per makes t t me, and sna