"Gone away," answered the child, without suspending his occupation.
"He left you at the door and knocked and went away?"
The boy nodded.
"He brought you across the water and set you down and knocked, and went back across the water?"
"Went back across the water," repeated the boy.
"What did he do then?"
"Ran off."
"You see, Frank," said Ray to the other man, "you cannot send back the letter by the messenger who brought it."
"Shall I throw it into the canal? I made up my mind never to know anything about her again in this life," said Bramwell.
Ray put his hand on the child's head and said, "Where did you leave your mother?"