"What, Mater? What d'you say?"
"I have seen him."
"No?"
"Yes. I went to the place where he asked you for money, and walked up and down for ages. But he wasn't there. At last I gave it up and crossed the bridge. I took it into my head to come home on the other side of the water. Well, when I was half-way along it, I looked across, and there I saw him."
"He was standing alone by the water, staring straight across at me, just as if he saw me and was trying to attract my attention."
"No, no!"
"Horace, don't be silly! Why do you contradict me? He looked just the same as when we saw him first, only he had no coat on."
Horace gave a sort of gasp.
"I suppose his poverty had compelled him to pawn it," Mrs. Errington continued. "Don't you think so, Horace? People can pawn clothes, can't they?"