"The girl said if they would take her to Mr. Burton, of the theatre, he would know her again.
"Sir D. Scott: How do you know he is here?
"Girl: I read his name in the play-bill, and he used to write letters to my mother, when his wife lodged with us. He was property man at our theatre.
"Sir D. Scott: Property man! Why how came you to know there was such a person in a theatre? How came you to know so much about a theatre?
"The girl replied that her father and mother at one time lived in front of Bath theatre. They used to go to the theatre sometimes, by permission of Mrs. Macready; and she herself had been brought up to it, when a little girl three years old. They lived in the drawing-room and had the whole of the house.
"Sir D. Scott: If we let you go now, you will never get home with five shillings, and, then, if we did, you are likely to be taken by some gipsies again.
"Girl: I should like to be sent to Mr. Burton first, to see if he would send me home; he knows all my relations, and I know him well.
"Mr. Burton having been sent for, said he thought he could remember her face, but it was two years since he had seen her. He added he had no doubt of the truth of her story. The girl then asked him if he would let her have money to take her home, or if he would keep her until her friends could send for her. This Mr. Burton said he could not afford to do.
"Mr. Solomon said the girl told him the gipsies had a young man with them, chained down to one of their carts.
"Sir D. Scott: Chained down?