"'Was it property of your own?'
"'It was.'
"'To which no person but yourself has a claim?'
"'It was my own; no person but myself has a claim to it.'
"'The loss or recovery of which would injure no one?'
"'No one but myself.'
"'Now, consider. You will be taken to the police station and charged.'
"'But they will let me go until to-morrow?'
"'They will not. If I, a stranger to you, offered bail, it would not be accepted. You will be locked up till the morning.'
"'My God!' cried the woman. 'What will become of her--oh, what will become of her?'