"Don't know. Mayhap. I'm only taking this gen'leman a sight-seeing. He's from the country."
"Good-night, then." And so they parted.
It was a sudden idea of Jim's to turn in the direction of the man whose child Thomas had saved. But Thomas did not know where he was taking him.
"Where will you sleep to-night, guv'nor?" asked Jim, as they walked along.
"I don't know," answered Thomas. "I must leave you to find me a place. But I say, Jim, can you think of anything I could turn to? for my money won't last me long."
"Turn to!" echoed Jim. "Why a man had need be able to turn to everything by turns to make a livin' nowadays. You ain't been used to hard work, by your hands. Do you know yer Bible well?"
"Pretty well," answered Thomas; "but I don't know what that can have to do with making a living."
"Oh, don't you, guv'nor? Perhaps you don't know what yer Bible means. It means pips and pictures."
"You mean the cards. No, no, I've had enough of that. I don't mean ever to touch them again."