Guarded as he had been in looking around him, it did not escape without observation.
"Well, young man, this is a poor place, isn't it?" asked the woman, suddenly.
"I don't know," said Walter, wishing to be polite.
"That's what you're thinkin', I'll warrant," said the woman. "Well, you're not obliged to stay, if you don't want to."
"But I do want to, and I am very much obliged to you for consenting to take me," said Walter, hastily.
"You said you would pay in advance," said the woman.
"So I will," said Walter, taking out his pocket-book, "if you will tell me how much I am to pay."
"You may give me a dollar," said the woman.
Walter drew out a roll of bills, and, finding a one-dollar note, handed it to the woman.