I have pawned nothing, and they are all just as I took them, and I have brought them back here to you, with every penny of the money.

I know you can never forgive me, but I am willing now to be given up to the police, and I feel better in my mind than I have done ever since I took the things." "My poor child!" said Mrs.Brenton, sympathetically, "was that _all_ ?" "All ?" cried the girl.

"Yes, I have brought everything back." "Oh, I don't mean that, but I am sorry you have been worried over anything so trivial.

I can see how at such a time, and feeling that you had been wronged, a temptation to take the things came to you.

But I hope you will not trouble any more about the matter.