Nan turned her head resolutely away, but she was so hungry and the food did smell so good that she could not resist it. She tasted the oysters and in three minutes the bowl was empty, and a good bit of the steak had disappeared before she pushed aside her plate.
"Thank you," she said, gratefully. "It did taste so good!"
"Huh!" grunted Tode. This was the first time in his life that anybody had said "thank you" to him.
He handed the baby over to Nan and, though he had said he was not hungry, finished the steak and a big piece of pie in addition and then the three left the restaurant.
II. Nan's New Home
As they went out, Nan looked anxiously from side to side, fearing to see or be seen by the Leary woman. Tode noticed her troubled look and remarked,
"Ye needn't ter fret. I wouldn't let her touch ye. We might's well go back to the wharf," he added.
So they returned to the corner they had left, and in a little while the baby dropped into a refreshing sleep in his sister's lap, while Tode sometimes roamed about the wharf, and sometimes lounged against a post and talked with Nan.
"What is your name?" she asked him, suddenly.