There he stood till he was cold, and then, as the plum did not drop into his mouth, he moved on. He went up into Oxford Street, and walked along it the whole distance to the corner of Bond Street, passing by Grosvenor Square, to which he intended to return. At the corner of Bond Street, a girl took hold of him, and looked up into his face. "Ah!" she said, "I saw you once before."--"Then you saw the most miserable devil alive," said Burgo. "You can't be miserable," said the girl. "What makes you miserable? You've plenty of money."--"I wish I had," said Burgo. "And plenty to eat and drink," exclaimed the girl; "and you are so handsome! I remember you. You gave me supper one night when I was starving. I ain't hungry now. Will you give me a kiss?"--"I'll give you a shilling, and that's better," said Burgo. "But give me a kiss too," said the girl. He gave her first the kiss, and then the shilling, and after that he left her and passed on. "I'm d----d if I wouldn't change with her!" he said to himself. "I wonder whether anything really ails him?" thought the girl. "He said he was wretched before. Shouldn't I like to be good to such a one as him!"

There he stood till he was cold, and then, as the plum did not drop into his mouth, he moved on. He went up into Oxford Street, and walked along to the corner of Bond Street. There a girl took hold of him, and looked up into his face.
"Ah!" she said, "I saw you once before."
"Then you saw the most miserable devil alive," said Burgo.
"You can't be miserable," said the girl. "You've plenty of money."
"I wish I had," said Burgo.
"You gave me supper one night when I was starving. I ain't hungry now. Will you give me a kiss?"
"I'll give you a shilling, and that's better," said Burgo.
"But give me a kiss too," said the girl. He gave her first the kiss, and then the shilling, and then he left her and passed on.
