She felt distinctly unwell when a policeman looked up at her house.

One never knew what such people might do! They might easily take them for loose women if they heard them laughing at that hour of the night.

Satin, with a little shudder, had squeezed herself up against Nana.

Nevertheless, the pair stayed where they were and were soon interested in the approach of a lantern, the light of which danced over the puddles in the road.

It was an old ragpicker woman who was busy raking in the gutters.