"Didn't I see you in this store day before yesterday?" she asked.
"What!" thought Robert. "Does she remember me also?"
"I was here, madam," he replied.
"You were charged with stealing a wallet?"
"Yes, madam, but I hope you don't think that I did it."
"No; you were exonerated. But even if you had not been, I should know by your face that you were not a thief."
Robert brightened up.
"Thank you," he said gratefully. "I appreciate your confidence the more because I have just lost a place because a lady insisted that I might have been a confederate of the thief."
"Tell me about it. We will walk up the street, and you shall speak as we walk along."
Robert placed himself at her side, and told the story.