"No, sir, no. Robbed me? He did nothing but what was kind-hearted by me, and that's the wonder of it."
Allan looks from Jo to the woman, and from the woman to Jo, waiting for one of them to unravel the riddle.
"But he was along with me, sir," says the woman. "Oh, you Jo! He was along with me, sir, down at Saint Albans, ill, and a young lady, Lord bless her for a good friend to me, took pity on him when I durstn't, and took him home--"
Allan shrinks back from him with a sudden horror.

"No, sir, no. He did nothing but what was kind-hearted by me, and that's the wonder of it. He was along with me, sir, down at Saint Albans, ill, and a young lady, Lord bless her, took pity on him when I durstn't, and took him home-"
Allan shrinks back with a sudden horror.
