"Yes, I have," said Marie. "He's a poor creature."
"He has just been thrashed, you know, in the streets,--most horribly." Marie had not been told of this, and started back from her lover's arms. "You hadn't heard it?"
"Who has thrashed him?"
"I don't want to tell the story against him, but they say he has been cut about in a terrible manner."
"Why should anybody beat him? Did he do anything?"
"There was a young lady in the question, Marie."

"Yes, I have," said Marie. "He's a poor creature."
"He has just been thrashed, you know, in the streets, most horribly."
Marie had not been told of this, and started back from her lover's arms. "Who has thrashed him? Why?"
"There was a young lady in the question, Marie."
