The bills of Mr. Moss were quickly settled, perhaps to the disappointment of that gentleman, who had counted on having the Colonel as his guest over Sunday at least; and Jane, with beaming smiles and happiness in her eyes, carried away Rawdon from the bailiff's house, and they went homewards in the cab in which she had hastened to his release. "Pitt was gone to a parliamentary dinner," she said, "when Rawdon's note came, and so, dear Rawdon, I--I came myself"; and she put her kind hand in his. Perhaps it was well for Rawdon Crawley that Pitt was away at that dinner. Rawdon thanked his sister a hundred times, and with an ardour of gratitude which touched and almost alarmed that soft-hearted woman. "Oh," said he, in his rude, artless way, "you--you don't know how I'm changed since I've known you, and--and little Rawdy. I--I'd like to change somehow. You see I want--I want--to be--" He did not finish the sentence, but she could interpret it. And that night after he left her, and as she sat by her own little boy's bed, she prayed humbly for that poor way-worn sinner.

The bills were quickly settled; Jane happily carried Rawdon away from the bailiff's house, and they went homewards in a cab.
"Pitt was gone to a parliamentary dinner," she said, "when the note came, and so, dear Rawdon, I came myself;" and she put her kind hand in his. Rawdon thanked his sister a hundred times, with an ardour of gratitude which touched and almost alarmed her.
"Oh," said he, "you don't know how I'm changed since I've known you, and - and little Rawdy. You see I want - I want - to be-" He did not finish the sentence, but she could interpret it. And that night after he left her, as she sat by her little boy's bed, she prayed humbly for Rawdon.
