"I understand, all right. I hope you are not angry with me for following you."
"I am only too glad to see you. I never knew a city could be so big and heartless. I have felt like a leaf tossed about in a perpetual cold wind. When did you arrive?"
"The day after you did."
"What? And you—you—have been looking for him?"
"That is what I came for—partly. Yes, Lacey and I have combed the town."
Madeleine sprang to her feet. "You've found him! I know it! Why don't you say so?"
"Well, we know where he is. But it's no place for you."
"Take me at once. I don't care what it is."
"But I do. So does Lacey. His plan was to shanghai him and sober him up. But—well—it is your right to say whether he shall do that or not. You wanted to find him yourself. But Five Points is no place for you, and I want your permission to carry out Lacey's program."
"What is Five Points?"