"An' your name? Horatio Nelson, ain't it? Lived same time as the Duke himself, didn't he? An' a brave sailor he was too. Never turned his back on an enemy! If I was you, lad, I wouldn't go for to disgrace a name like that!"

"If I'd a chance to go to sea, I wouldn't mind nought else," said Hor.

"Seems to me ye want a many things," said Job Kippis.

"Just think I do," said Hor.

"Gran'father," remarked Ailie in the pause following, "d'ye know I saw that little lady as wanted to give me a penny—an' she was drivin' past with a gentleman, an' laughin' an' talkin' as happy as happy, an' she looked at me too."

"Maybe she knowed you again," said little Lettie.

"Maybe she didn't," said Hor. "Catch a fine young lady a-knowin' a little ragged girl like you agin. Likely that."

"Why wouldn't she then?" asked Job.

"Rich folks don't care for poor uns," said Hor.

"You're out there, boy. There's many do."