On reaching the Olivers', hot and breathless, I put three gold coins,
two sovereigns and a half-sovereign, on to the table to pay off the
broker's men.
They had been settling themselves for the night, and looked surprised
and I thought chagrined, but took up the money and went away.
As they were going off one of them called me to the door, and in the
little space at the foot of the stairs he said, tipping his fingers
towards the cot:
"If that's your kiddie, miss, I recommend you to get it out o' this 'ere
place quick--see?"
I stayed an hour or two longer because I was troubled about baby's
cough; and before I left, being still uneasy, I did what I had never
done before--wrote my address at the Jew's house, so that I could be
sent for if I was ever wanted.
ONE HUNDREDTH CHAPTER
When I awoke next morning the last word of the broker's man seemed to be
ringing in my ears.
I knew it was true; I knew I ought to remove baby from the house of the
Olivers without another day's delay, but I was at a loss to know what to
do with her.
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