[_To Dawson._

_Daw._ Exactly.

_Stu._ Good. We'll talk of this presently. The women were with him,
I think?

_Daw._ And old Jarvis. I would have told you of them last night, but
your thoughts were too busy. 'Tis well you have a heart of stone,
the tale would melt it else.

_Stu._ Out with it then.

_Daw._ I traced him to his lodgings; and pretending pity for his
misfortunes, kept the door open, while the officers seized him.
'Twas a damned deed--but no matter--I followed my instructions.

_Stu._ And what said he?

_Daw._ He upbraided me with treachery, called You a villain,
acknowledged the sums you had lent him, and submitted to his fortune.

_Stu._ And the women--

_Daw._ For a few minutes astonishment kept them silent. They looked
wildly at one another, while the tears streamed down their cheeks.
But rage and fury soon gave them words; and then, in the very
bitterness of despair, they cursed me, and the monster that had
employed me.