Never did agent accept a commission more readily than Pietro accepted that of catching and bringing Filippo to the padrone.
Leaving the lodging-house he walked down to the ferry at the foot of Cortlandt Street, and took the first train for Newark.

It was ten o'clock before he reached the city.

He had nothing in particular to guide him, but made up his mind to wander about all day, inquiring from time to time if anyone had seen his little brother, describing Phil.
After a while his inquiries were answered in the affirmative, and he gradually got on the track of our hero.
At twelve o'clock Phil went into a restaurant, and invested thirty cents in a dinner.

As the prices were low, he obtained for this sum all he desired.

Ten minutes afterward, as he was walking leisurely along with that feeling of tranquil enjoyment which a full stomach is apt to give, Pietro turned the corner behind him.