That's all I know." Gabriel took her by the arm, and drew her up.
"Come, now!" said he, a sterner note in his voice.

"This won't do! You mustn't sit here, and draw a crowd.

First thing you know an officer will be along, and you may get into trouble.

Tell me what's wrong, and I promise to see you through it, as far as I can." She raised her face, now, and looked at him, a moment.

Tear-stained and dishevelled though she was, and soiled by marks of drink and debauchery, Gabriel saw she must once have been very beautiful and still was comely.
"Well," he asked.