"At all events," said Angela, "I have made one man happy."
Then she walked to the Trinity Almshouse, and sought her old friend, Captain Sorensen.
To him she told her whole story from the very beginning, begging only that he would keep her secret till the next evening.
"But, of course," said the sailor, "I knew, all along, that you were a lady born and bred. You might deceive the folk here, who've no chance, poor things, of knowing a lady when they see one—how should they? But you could not deceive a man who's had his quarter-deck full of ladies. The only question in my mind was, why you did it."
"You did not think that what Bunker said was true—did you, Captain Sorensen?"
"Nay," he replied. "Bunker never liked you; and how I am to thank you enough for all you've done for my poor girl——"
"Thank me by continuing to be my dear friend and adviser," said Angela. "If I thought it would pleasure you to live out of this place——"
"No, no," said the captain, "I could not take your money; any one may accept the provision of the asylum and be grateful."
"I knew you would say so. Stay on, then, Captain Sorensen. And as regards Nelly, my dear and fond Nelly——"
It needs not to tell what she said and promised on behalf of Nelly.