Then she tried to explain the affair to the policeman, but he would not listen.
"Come!" he said, sternly.
"What are you going to do with me ?" she asked, not moving from where she stood.
"Lock you up," replied the policeman.

"So come along." "What's the matter here ?" demanded a tall, strongly-built woman, pressing forward.

She spoke with a foreign accent, and in a tone of command.

The motley crowd, above whom she towered, gave way for her as she approached.

Everything about the woman showed her to be superior in mind and moral force to the unsightly wretches about her.