Hear the noise his fiddle is making, and he is scolding the poor little wretches like a game-cock." "Does a game-cock scold ?" asked Jennings gravely.

"I hope he is not in a bad temper, Peggy.

I have come to ask him a few questions." "About your own business ?" asked she in a lower tone.
Jennings nodded.

Peggy knew his occupation, but as yet he had not been able to tell Le Beau.
The Frenchman cherished all the traditional hatred of his race for the profession of "mouchard," and would not be able to understand that a detective was of a higher standing.

Miles was therefore supposed to be a gentleman of independent fortune, and both he and Peggy decided to inform Le Beau of the truth when he had retired from business.
Meanwhile, Miles often talked over his business with Peggy, and usually found her clear way of looking at things of infinite assistance to him in the sometimes difficult cases which he dealt with.