"S'pose ye didn't have a dollar in the world?" pursued Hester eagerly, "and the agent came for the rent, a red-faced devil with a big diamond pin, and s'pose he tried to kiss ye and ye knew that pin might save Rosalie, say, would ye have pinched the pin?"
"You mustn't ask a—question like that," replied the other, trying vainly to keep back her tears.
"Yer cryin'! Then—then ye don't despise me?"
"I'm sorry for you, so sorry, but—Hester, you must make amends for what you've done, you must give back the purse."
"I will."
"Where is it?"
"You'll stand by me? You won't let them take me?"
"I'll do the best I can for you. Where is it?"
"You won't tell Grimes that you were in the railway carriage?"
"I must tell him, if he asks me. I can't remain in a false position."