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`` Near here ? '' The girl mentioned a street which he sometimes passed through when economy of time induced him to make an otherwise undesirable short-cut to the railway station . `` Well , '' he said presently , `` I ca n't keep my friend here waiting , you know . Come and see me to-morrow morning about midday , and I will see if I can help you . Only you must promise me to go straight home now ! And '' -- here he dropped a coin quickly into her hand -- `` buy something for your child ; you both look as if you wanted it . '' The girl looked at him dumbly for a moment .