"Ah! you needn't remind me of her."
"Then you must not forget Miss Burton. You have some apology to make to her too, I suppose."
"I had just sent her a note, asking her to meet me once more, and was waiting for her answer, when the bookseller laid hold of me. I was so afraid of making a row, lest the police should come, that I gave in to him. I owe him more than ever I can repay."
"You will when you have done all you have undertaken."
"But how am I to see Lucy now? She will not know where I am. But perhaps she will not want to see me."
Here Tom looked very miserable again. Anxious to give him courage, Mr. Fuller said:
"Come home with me now. In the morning, after you have seen Mr. Stopper, and your father and mother, come back to my house. I am sure she will see you."
With more thanks in his heart than on his tongue, Tom followed Mr. Fuller from the church. When they stepped into the street, they found the bookseller, the seaman, and the publican, talking together on the pavement.
"It's all right," said Mr. Fuller, as he passed them. "Good-night." Then, turning again to Mr. Kitely, he added, in a low voice, "He knows nothing of his father's behavior, Kitely. You'll be glad to hear that."