Oh--nothing, nothing. Anyway--that woman really did return, and as we did not want the child to see her, we gave her more money. Of course she remembered that and so finally she became a positive plague.
Mrs. Brauer.
Oh, Henry, I have often thought since, perhaps a mother's heart prompted her----
Brauer.
You think so, eh? Then perhaps a mother's heart also prompted her to steal at the same time! for every time she honored us with a visit, something or other disappeared, until I grew suspicious, had her watched, she was caught red-handed--and, of course, a long term in prison was the result.
Pastor.
And the girl--does she know or suspect anything at all?
Mrs. Brauer.
We told her, her mother was dead. But one day she really did see her.