Allan is quite sure of it.
"Because, sir," says Mr. George, shaking his head sorrowfully, "we have had enough of that."
His tone is no less sorrowfully echoed by his new acquaintance. "Still I am bound to tell you," observes Allan after repeating his former assurance, "that the boy is deplorably low and reduced and that he may be--I do not say that he is--too far gone to recover."
"Do you consider him in present danger, sir?" inquires the trooper.
"Yes, I fear so."
"Then, sir," returns the trooper in a decisive manner, "it appears to me--being naturally in the vagabond way myself--that the sooner he comes out of the street, the better. You, Phil! Bring him in!"

Allan is quite sure of it. "Still I am bound to tell you," he adds, "that the boy is deplorably low and that he may be too far gone to recover."
"Do you consider him in present danger, sir?" inquires the trooper.
"Yes, I fear so."
"Then, sir," returns the trooper decisively, "the sooner he comes out of the street, the better. Phil! Bring him in!"
