Then she
back.html">back into the room where she had unwittingly passed the night.html">night. The
traced in the dust on the table where she had put it.
"My bag! my bag!" she cried.
"Vot bag?"
"The one I had last night. Here's its mark upon the table."
"I know nodinks about it," replied the man.html">man, as he disappeared down
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
A NEW ACQUAINTANCE
trinkets, her reserve capital of twenty-three pounds, Perigal's
could not remember was if she had posted her note.html">note to Perigal, which
consternation would permit, she rapidly passed over in her mind
Oxford Street. For the life of her, she could not recall going into
Her next thought was the quickest way to get back her property, at
house, she made careful note of its number; she then walked quickly
She told the man how she got there, a statement which made him civil
better complain to the inspector at the station, miss."
He directed her to where she should go. Exhausted with hunger and
instructions, till she presently found herself telling an inspector
or, if she disliked the publicity of the police court, to instruct a
besides speedier, she told the inspector of her decision.
"Very well. Your name, please?"
"Mavis Kenrick."
"Mrs," he wrote, as he glanced at the wedding ring which she now
had come from Melkbridge the day.
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