No.
5,' said Mark.

Mr. Dutton hesitated. 'I should have no doubt of giving Miss Egremont
the comfort of knowing that there was a possible clue, but if her
father insisted on setting on the police, there would be very little
more hope of success. I am afraid it will be more prudent to wait till
we know what Godfrey says. He hopes to see the girl to-morrow evening
at his mission class, but of course she is a very uncertain attendant
there. No, I cannot trust myself.'

Annaple was forced to brook withholding the hope from the fainting
hearts all the ensuing Sunday, which was a specially trying day, as
Nuttie pined for her dear little companion with the pictures, stories,
and hymns that he had always enjoyed, and made pretty childish remarks
about, such as she began to treasure as memorable.

As soon as he could, early on Monday morning, Mr. Dutton repaired to
Gerard Godfrey's lodgings, and found that the young clergyman had
succeeded in seeing the girl, and had examined her so as not to put the
wild creature on her guard, and make her use the weapons of falsehood
towards one who had never been looked on as an ally of the police. It
appeared that she had brought home the ship, or rather its hull, from
one of the lowest of lodging houses, where she had employment as
something between charwoman and errand girl. She had found it on what
passed for a bed in its present condition, one morning, when going to
make the extremely slight arrangements that the terrible lair, which
served as a common bedroom, underwent, and had secreted it as a prize
for her little brother.

At first she had been stolid, and affected utter ignorance as to how it
got there, but Mr. Godfrey had entreated her as a friend to try to
discover; and had with all his heart made a pathetic description of the
girl (he durst not say lady) who had always been a mother to her little
brother, and now had lost him, and was in terrible uncertainty as to
his fate. That came home to Lizzie's feelings, and she let out what
she had seen or picked up in the way of gossip,--that the ship had been
left behind by its owner, whether boy or girl Liz was uncertain, for it
had long fair hair, wore a petticoat, and had been dosed with gin and
something else when carried away. They said it had made noise enough
when brought there by Funny Frank and Julia. They were performing folk,
who had come in after the Derby day to have a spree, and to pick up
another kid to do f