"Then I will go with you."
Ida ran quickly to get her bonnet and shawl.
"We had better go at once," said Somerville. "Peg might return, and
give us trouble."
"O yes, let us go quickly," said Ida, turning pale at the remembered
threats of Peg.
Neither knew yet that Peg could not return if she would; that, at
this very moment, she was in legal custody on a charge of a serious
nature. Still less did Ida know that, in going, she was losing the
chance of seeing Jack and her mother, of whose existence, even, she
was not yet aware; and that he, to whose care she consigned herself
so gladly, had been her worst enemy.
"I will carry you to my room, in the first place," said her
companion. "You must remain in concealment for a day or two, as Peg
will, undoubtedly, be on the lookout for you, and we want to avoid
all trouble."
Ida was delighted with her escape, and, with the hope of soon seeing
her friends in New York, She put implicit faith in her guide, and
was willing to submit to any conditions which he might impose.
On emerging into the street, her companion summoned a cab. He had
reasons for not wishing to encounter any one whom he knew.
At length they reached his lodgings.
They were furnished more richly than any room Ida had yet seen; and
formed, indeed, a luxurious contrast to the dark and
scantily-furnished apartment which she had occupied for the last
fortnight.
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