31/32 I would rather wait for the time when this poor creature, whoever she is, needs a sister's tenderness. "And now tell me where you will begin your hunt ?" he asked, one of his old search-light glances flashing from beneath his brows. On the East Side, perhaps, where I have means of knowing what strangers come and go. Then among my own people here. I shall know within twenty-four hours whether she has been in the habit of attending evening service--that is, within the last six months. |