"He knows I am very indulgent," she sighed.
"Yes, but he knows he now has me to deal with as well as yourself, and he won't expect to find me so tender-hearted."
"That is true."
"If he shows his nose again I will make him give up what he stole and then threaten him with immediate arrest if he comes near us a second time," went on our hero warmly.
They figured up between them that Frederic Vernon, after disposing of the stolen things, would have about three thousand dollars in his possession.
"That will probably keep him for twelve months, since he used to expend that amount yearly," said Mrs. Vernon. "Oh, I sincerely trust I never see or hear of him again."
She promised to make good Robert's loss.
"I will buy you another scarfpin when we go back to London," she said, "and also another timepiece."
"The watch came from my father," answered Robert. "I would like to get it back if I could."
"We will notify the Liverpool police to search for it in the pawnshops."