'Hush! If you have heard, say nothing.'
'He thinks he can buy my silence. Come, Madam; though, indeed, some would rather take their chance with Judge Jeffreys—they say he is a man who can be moved by the face of a woman—than with—well, as for my silence, there——It is usual, Madam, to compliment the landlady, and though, I confess, you are not of the kind which do commonly frequent this house, yet one may expect'——
'Alas! my good woman, I have nothing. Mr. Penne has taken all my money.'
'What! you had money? And you gave it to Mr. Penne? You gave it to him? Nay, indeed—why, in the place where thou art going'——
She was silent, for suddenly we heard Mr. Penne's step outside; and he opened the door.
'Come,' he said roughly; 'the Captain says that he will weigh anchor in an hour: the tide serves—come.'
I hastened to put on my hat and mantle.
'Farewell,' I said, taking the old woman's hand. 'I have nothing to give thee but my prayers. Mr. Penne, who is all goodness, will reward thee for thy kindness to me.'
'He all goodness?' asked the old woman. 'He? Why, if there is upon the face of the whole earth'——
'Come, Child!' Mr. Penne seized my hand and dragged me away.