"Is this your purse?" he asked, holding it up.
"Yes. Oh, where did you get it?"
"From the party who took it."
"Is he on the smoking car still?"
"Yes he is on the smoking car."
"But—didn't he object to surrendering it?"
"He made a decided objection, but I succeeded in convincing him that it was for his interest to do so."
"You are a remarkable boy," said Florence Loring admiringly.
"Thank you, Miss Loring. You will make me vain if you flatter me."
"But I am quite in earnest. I am now able to return the money you so kindly lent me."