"Remember the name and remember the street," Cleek called after him.

"You take your bloomin' oath I will!" came back through the enfolding
mist; "Gawd, yuss!"--Just that; and the youth was gone.

"I wonder what you will think of me, Miss Lorne," said Cleek, turning to
her; "taking a chance like this; and, above all, with a fellow who would
have stripped you of every jewel and every penny you have with you if
things hadn't happened as they have?"

"And I can very ill afford to lose anything _now_--as I suppose you
know, Mr. Cleek. Things have changed sadly for me since that day Mr.
Narkom introduced us at Ascot," she said, with just a shadow of
seriousness in her eyes. "But as to what I think regarding your action
toward that dreadful boy.... Oh, of course, if there is a chance of
saving him from a career of crime, I think one owes him that as a duty.
In the circumstances, the temptation was very great. It must be a
horrible thing to be so hungry that one is driven to robbery to satisfy
the longing for food."

"Yes, very horrible--very, very indeed. I once knew a boy who stood as
that boy stands--at the parting of the ways; when the good that was in
him fought the last great fight with the Devil of Circumstances. If a
hand had been stretched forth to help that boy at that time ... Ah,
well! it wasn't. The Devil took the reins and the game went _his_ way.
If five shillings will put the reins into that boy's hands to-night and
steer him back to the right path, so much the better for him and--for
me. I'll know if he's worth the chance I took to-morrow. Now let us talk
about something else. Will you allow me to escort you across the heath