The spoken words would only add to his pain.
"For another man, was it ?--Yes, I see--you twice her age, and she a chit of a child.

Ye can't do much for that kind once they get their heads set--no matter how good ye are to them.

And I suppose that when I found her that night on the door-steps and brought her into the kitchen, he'd turned her into the street.

That's it, isn't it?
And then she got to stealin' to keep from starvin' ?" "Yes, I suppose so--I do not know.

I only know she is a criminal.