“Accordingly she went to Lambeth, deposited the guinea, and answered the questions that he put to her.
“Jack said that in an hour’s time some of his people might discover who it was that picked the lady’s pocket.
“The lady was vehement in her desire to have it again, and at last went so far as to offer one hundred pounds.
“Jack, upon that, made answer—
“‘Though they are of much greater value to you, madam, yet they cannot be anything like it to them; therefore, keep your own council, and I will give you the best direction I am able for the recovery of your notes. In the meantime, if you will adjourn to any hotel at hand, and partake of some refreshment, I will furnish you with an answer as quickly as possible.’
“The lady would not be satisfied unless Captain Jack consented also to partake of some with her.
“He at last complied, and ordered a fowl and other refreshment at the house which he named, and with which he was well acquainted.
“After waiting some time, Captain Jack joined her, and told her he had heard news of her missing pocket-book, desiring her to lay ten pounds on the table in case she should have occasion for them; and, as the waiter came up to acquaint the lady that the fowl was ready, Jack requested that she would just step down and see if there was any woman waiting at the door.
“The lady, without minding the mystery, did as he desired her, and discovered a woman in a grey cloak, who walked two or three times past the door.
“This aroused her curiosity, and prompted her to go nearer; but recollecting she had left the gold on the table upstairs, she went and snatched it up, ran down once more, and went towards the woman in the grey cloak, who still walked before the door.