I was above upon the stairs at the time, but from the way an' the place she stood in, the light didn't rache me, so that I could see them widout bein' seen myself.

Well, when the mistress met him she was goin' to bawl out wid terror, an' would, too, only that Masther Hycy flew to her, put his hand on her mouth, an' whispered something in her ear.

He then went over to Bat, and got a large shafe of bank-notes from him, an' motioned him to be off wid himself, an' that he'd see him to-morrow.

Bat went down in the dark, an' Hycy an' his mother had some conversation in a low voice on the lobby.

She seemed angry, an' he was speakin' soft an' strivin' to put her into good humor again.