"What shall I do?" thought poor Jed. "I haven't enough money for my breakfast, and I am very hungry."
At this point, just as he was ready to go out, there came a knock at the door.
Jed rose and opened it. He confronted a stout woman of middle age with a very serious expression of countenance that seemed to indicate that she meant business. She regarded Jed with surprise.
"I expected to see Mr. Graham," she said. "Are you a friend of his?"
"I only met him yesterday. He invited me to come and spend the night in his room."
"Is he here, or has he gone out?"
"I don't think he slept here at all last night. He left early in the evening, and said he would come back, but the bed doesn't seem to have been slept in except by myself."
"He is very liberal in offering the use of a room that he has not paid for," said the lady sarcastically.
"I don't know anything about that," faltered Jed.