"What you got to do, just now, Zillah--and Mrs. Goldmark too," he
answered, "is to keep quiet tongues about what I done with young
Lauriston. There ain't to be a word said! If any o' them police come round
here, asking about him, you don't know nothing--see? You ain't seen him
since he walked out o' that court with me--see? Which, of course--you
ain't. And as for the rest, you leave that to yours truly!"
"Oh, what it is to have a mind!" exclaimed Mrs. Goldmark "I ain't no mind,
beyond managing my business."
"Don't you show your mind in managing that?" said Melky, admiringly. "What
do I always say of you, Mrs. Goldmark? Don't I always say you're the
smartest business woman in all Paddington? Ain't that having a mind? Oh, I
think you've the beautifullest mind, Mrs. Goldmark!"
With this compliment Melky left Mrs. Goldmark and Zillah, and went away to
his lodgings. He was aware of a taxi-cab drawn up at Mrs. Flitwick's door
as he went up the street; inside Mrs. Flitwick's shabby hall he found that
good woman talking to a stranger--a well-dressed young gentleman, who was
obviously asking questions.
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