Whatever she may have deserved one could not allow her to go hopelessly to the bad.

Her story got about, and several of the people here did something to enable her to earn an honest living.

Stapleton did for one, and Sir Charles for another.

I gave a trifle myself.

It was to set her up in a typewriting business." He wanted to know the object of my inquiries, but I managed to satisfy his curiosity without telling him too much, for there is no reason why we should take anyone into our confidence.
To-morrow morning I shall find my way to Coombe Tracey, and if I can see this Mrs.Laura Lyons, of equivocal reputation, a long step will have been made towards clearing one incident in this chain of mysteries.