"To be sure."
"And you want to help 'em?"
"We try to help them all."
"Yes; I thought so. Can you help 'em all, Miss Lennox?"
"When they let us, I think we can."
"Then what do you do about them that hasn't been straight?"
Marian softly caught her breath.
"Oh," she said; "I——" She had learned, since their last meeting, a little about the girls concerning whom Mary was inquiring, and she had learned much regarding the Settlement's attitude toward them; but she had learned, also, that the work of the place most lay with the flowers that bloomed among the weeds, and so, "Well, you see," she lamely continued, "Well, we do the best we can."
"What's that, please, Miss Lennox? I've got a particular reason for wanting to know."
Marian understood. She spoke softly, and softly laced and interlaced her long white fingers, resting in her lap.