Then my own responsibility loomed up.

To let this child go to the devil would be a crime.

When this idea became firmly set in my mind, I determined to follow her no matter what she had done or where she had gone.
"I had meant to go to Australia and look after sheep--I knew something about them--but I changed my plans when I overheard a conversation at my club and concluded that Dalton had brought her here--although the conversation itself was only the repetition of a rumor.

Since then I have found out that they are both here, or were some six months ago.
"You can understand, now, why I am living at Mrs.Cleary's and working in Mr.Kling's store.

I had but a few pounds left after paying my passage and there was no one from whom I could borrow, even if I had been so disposed; so work of some kind was necessary.