"Won't you jump in, sir?" he said. "I will take you wherever
you like."

"Thank you, my man; but I have no money; so I can't."

"Oh! I don't want any money. I shall be much happier if you will
get in. You have saved me all I had. I owe you a lift, sir."

"Which way are you going?"

"To Charing Cross; but I don't mind where I go."

"Well, I am very tired. If you will take me to Charing Cross,
I shall be greatly obliged to you. I have walked from Gravesend,
and had hardly a penny left to get through the tunnel."

So saying, he opened the door and got in, and Diamond drove away.

But as he drove, he could not help fancying he had seen the gentleman--
for Diamond knew he was a gentleman--before. Do all he could,
however, he could not recall where or when. Meantime his fare,
if we may call him such, seeing he was to pay nothing, whom the relief
of being carried had made less and less inclined to carry himself,
had been turning over things in his mind, and, as they passed
the Mint, called to Diamond, who stopped the horse, got down
and went to the window.

"If you didn't mind taking me to Chiswick, I should be able
to pay you when we got there. It's a long way, but you shall