“Through Dinny’s help.”
“He would not give it, sir. It would be impossible. I—I—there! I will speak out, sir—I can bear this horrible life no longer! I have asked him to take me away.”
“Well, will he not?”
“He is afraid, sir.”
“And yet he loves you?”
“He says so.”
“And you believe it, or you would not run risks by coming here?”
“Risks!” said the woman, with a sigh. “If Mazzard knew I came here he would kill me!”
“The wretch!” muttered Humphrey. Then aloud, “Dinny must help us. Woman, surely you can win him to our side! You will try!”
“Try, sir! I will do anything!”