She washed the child very thoroughly and then dressed him in the clean suit that had been provided by Everage.
“But dese ain’t Lenny tose,” observed the child.
“No, Lenny has got no clean clothes here, so Lenny must wear these,” said the girl.
And the child trusted her and was content with the answer.
“And now Lenny will have his breakfast?” she asked.
“Yes; and Met have hers too,” answered the child.
The girl then went to the sleeping men and felt in their pockets. She knew very well that both had cheated their employer in the matter of the price of the milk and the blanket that they had been sent to buy on the previous night, and so she judged they must have the odd change they had swindled Everage out of still in their possession.
She was right. She found a sixpence in Roger’s pocket and two shillings in Bill’s. She replaced all the money except one of the shillings, which she confiscated to the use of the right owner, as she called little Lenny.
Having possessed herself of this fund, she turned to the child and took him by the hand, saying:
“Will Lenny take a walk with ‘Met’?”