Tommy returned her caresses, and replied:
"I am happy now, mamma, because I have found you. But why do you stay here?"
"I have my reasons," she replied.
"You would go if you could?" he asked.
"No, my child. I am happy and contented. Soon we shall leave here and——"
"We?" interrupted Tommy. "Do you include Capt. Jordan?"
"I do."
"But he is a robber."
"He will give up this life, and we shall live happily. It is not his fault, he has told me all. With me to guide him he will reform."
"What is he to you, mother?" said Tommy, in perplexity.