"Couldn't pay her rent, ha!"
"Yes; she paid it as long as she stayed. I have not seen or heard anything of her since."
"I have," said the mate, significantly.
"You!" exclaimed Peter, eagerly.
"I saw her to-day."
"How—where?"
"In a carriage."
"A carriage!" echoed Peter, in surprise.
"Yes; looking as bright and handsome as when she rejected you with scorn."
The miser frowned.