Again I saw him, standing at the entrance to the
betting rooms, talking to the same gentleman, and his face turned
savage--I believe with fear as much as anger--when he discerned me.
He seemed to hesitate, and then--as if he acted in a passion--suddenly
beckoned to a policeman, pointed me out, and said something to him in a
fast tone. That frightened me, and I slipped away. Two hours after, when
I was in quite a different part of the town, in turning my head I saw
the same policeman following me. I bolted under the horses of a passing
vehicle, down some turnings and passages, out into another street, and
up beside a cabman who was on his box, driving a fare past. I reached
my lodgings in safety, as I thought, but happening to glance into the
street, there I saw the man again, standing opposite, and reconnoitering
the house. I had gone home hungry, but this took all my hunger away from
me. I opened the box where I kept my disguise, put it on, and got out
by a back way. I have been pretty nearly ever since on my feet reaching
here; I only got a lift now and then."

"But, Richard, do you know that West Lynne is the very worst place you
could have flown to? It has come to light that you were here before,
disguised as a farm laborer."

"Who the deuce betrayed that?" interrupted Richard.

"I am unable to tell; I cannot even imagine. The rumor was rife in the
place, and it reached your father's ear. The rumor may make people's
wits sharper to know you in your disguise, than they otherwise might
have been."

"But what was I to do? I was forced to come here first and get a
little money. I shall fix myself in some other big town, far away from
London--Liverpool or Manchester, perhaps; and see what employment I can
get into, but I must have something to live upon till I can get it. I
don't possess a penny piece," he added, drawing out his trousers pockets
for the inspection of Mr. Carlyle. "The last coppers, I had, three
pence, I spent in bread and cheese and half a pint of beer at midday. I
have been outside that window for more than an hour, sir."

"Indeed!"

"And as I neared West Lynne I began to think what I should do. It was
no use in me trying to catch Barbara's attention such a night as this; I
had no money to pay for a lodging; so I turned off here, hoping I might,
by good luck, drop upon you. There was a little partition in the window
curtain--it had not been drawn close--and through it I could see you and
Miss Car