"He isn't here—he went away last week—owing me one pound six," was the spiteful answer. "I wish I had my hands on him. It's Kate Clever would teach him a lesson, the scamp!"
"So he ran away owing you some board money?" said Roger.
"He did that."
"And you haven't any idea where he is?"
"I have and I haven't. Are you friends of his?"
"Not exactly, but we wish very much to find him."
"I am not the one to do him a favor—after him treating me so shabbily," said the woman, spitefully.
"You'll not be doing him a favor," returned Dave. "To tell you the truth, I want to catch him for some other wrong he's been doing."
"Oh, that's it, is it?" The woman became more interested. "You are from the States, aren't you?"
"Yes."