“Fagin!”
whispered
a voice
close to
his ear.
“Ah!” said
the Jew,
turning
quickly
round, “is
that – ”
“Yes!”
interrupted
the
stranger.
“I have
been
lingering
here these
two hours.
Where the
devil have
you been?”
“On your
business,
my dear,”
replied
the Jew,
glancing
uneasily
at his
companion,
and
slackening
his pace
as he
spoke. “On
your
business
all
night.”
“Oh, of
course!”
said the
stranger,
with a
sneer.
“Well; and
what’s
come of
