"Can it be possible!" remarked the man, and he stood in a musing attitude for some time. "I'm a little afraid this affair is not going to turn out quite so pleasantly as I at first supposed. I think I know her husband."
"You do!"
"Yes. We have had several business transactions together, if he is the individual I suppose him to be."
"Then you had better get her off of your hands as quickly as possible; and this will be no hard matter. Only open the cage-door, and the bird will fly."
"Confound that Irish huzzy! She and her John Murphy have scared up a nice bit of adventure for me."
"Both you and they ought to have known better than to expect any thing but trouble from a woman with a baby. As it is, the best thing for you is to get her off of your hands forthwith."
"I don't like to give up after progressing so far. It isn't my disposition."
"A wise man foresees evil, and gets out of its way."
"True; and my better course is to step aside, I suppose. But what shall we do with her?"
"Open the cage-door, as I said, and let her escape."