"Better look him up on the Island, too, I guess. He ain't been round here for quite some days."
"Perhaps he does not come because Morgan is away?"
"Oh, no, that can't be, 'cause he stopped showin' up before Morgan left. The neighbors was beginnin' to wonder and talk, just 'bout the time Morgan skipped. You see, Tommy White he lived right next door, in the next flat, him and Nellie."
"Ah, he had a wife?"
"I don't know about that. She was his girl anyway, though some thought Morgan was sweet on her too."
Mr. Barnes thought the fog was lifting.
"You can search me! She's gone too. The hull three has skipped out."
"What, all three at the same time?"
"No, that's the funny part of it. That's what makes folks talk. You see, we didn't see nothin' of Tommy White for two or three days, but Nellie she was round all right. But when Morgan he cut it, Nellie she lit out too."