A sound of groaning proceeded from the bed.
"Grandfather, I've brought a kind young gentleman," said the boy.
"Come here," muttered the person in bed.
Tony came up to the bed.
In an instant Rudolph had thrown off the clothes and had him seized by the arm.
"There's your money, boy. Go!" he said to the other, flinging a half-crown.
"I've got you at last!" he shouted. "Now, you young villain, I'll get even with you!"
His face was almost fiendish with rage, as he uttered these words.