It was your wit that saved me, and now I am going to stay and help you.

I 'll not leave you alone here in the street at this hour of the night." She looked at me, her eyes wide open, shining like stars, her face picturing perplexity, not unmixed with fear, one hand yet gripping the supporting rail, the other pressed against her forehead.
"Oh, but you must! indeed, you must!" the words scarcely more than sobs.

"I--I have no place to go!".