2/16 Perhaps they would have gone on. But no; she caught sight of two shabby figures, close up under the statue, when she got sufficiently near. And even in the half light it could be seen that the boy was an undersized little cripple of perhaps nine or ten years old but looking much younger; as it could also be seen that even in his worn overcoat and old stained felt hat the man was a gloriously handsome creature. "Papa and I have been longing and longing all the day. It seemed that six would never come. |