`Yes; but not only that,' said Wemmick. `She went into his service immediately after her acquittal, tamed as she is now. She has since been taught one thing and another in the way of her duties, but she was tamed from the beginning.'

`Do you remember the sex of the child?'

`Said to have been a girl.'

`You have nothing more to say to me to-night?'

`Nothing. I got your letter and destroyed it. Nothing.'

We exchanged a cordial Good Night, and I went home, with new matter for my thoughts, though with no relief from the old.