Chapter
22
"I am very much obliged to you for coming," Newman said. "I hope it won't get you into trouble."
"I don't think I shall be missed. My lady, in these days, is not fond of having me about her." This was said with a certain fluttered eagerness which increased Newman's sense of having inspired the old woman with confidence.
"From the first, you know," he answered, "you took an interest in my prospects. You were on my side. That gratified me, I assure you. And now that you know what they have done to me, I am sure you are with me all the more."
"They have not done well—I must say it," said Mrs. Bread. "But you mustn't blame the poor countess; they pressed her hard."
"I would give a million of dollars to know what they did to her!" cried Newman.
Mrs. Bread sat with a dull, obli
