Here they heard a voice calling some one, and, turning to look, saw a woman beckoning to them from a hansom cab drawn up to the sidewalk.
Although she was in the shadow of the cab, Patsy thought that it was the one whom he had been watching while at the restaurant door, and who he had seen put on a wig.
They went to the cab, and the woman, addressing Chick, said to him:
“I want to speak with you a moment, and alone.”
Hearing this, Patsy stepped aside and Chick went up closer.
“I know who you are,” said the woman.
“But I don’t know who you are,” answered Chick.
“It is not necessary that you should,” replied the woman, “and, as a matter of fact, I don’t intend that you shall.”
Chick looked up at her quickly and saw that the woman was earnest in her manner, by no means coquettish or trifling. He said:
“What is it you want to say to me?”