Miss Roseberry was just merciful enough toward the lost woman who had rescued and sheltered her to feel that it was needless to say more.
The nurse lifted her noble head and advanced slowly toward the canvas screen to return to her duties.

"Miss Roseberry might have taken my hand!" she thought to herself, bitterly.

No! Miss Roseberry stood there at a distance, at a loss what to say next.

"What can you do for me ?" Mercy asked, stung by the cold courtesy of her companion into a momentary outbreak of contempt.

"Can you change my identity?
Can you give me the name and the place of an innocent woman?
If I only had your chance! If I only had your reputation and your prospects!" She laid one hand over her bosom, and controlled herself.