"Not much," answered the tramp, with a short laugh.
"You are not afraid—to do wrong?"
"Yes, I am, ma'am; but if I was paid for it I might not mind."
"You shall be paid, and paid well."
"What do you want me to do?"
Mrs. Middleton said, with slow significance:
"This boy is in my way. Don't you think he might manage to get sick and die?"
"Perhaps he might," said Rudolph, who did not appear to be shocked at the suggestion.
"Couldn't you manage it?" she asked, her eyes fixed upon the tramp.
"I might," he answered, shrewdly, "if it was going to do me any good."