"I wonder," he murmured, "if there is any one who could tell us what the
other part of it means?"
"The d--d thing smells all right," Mr. Waddington declared. "Here
goes!"
He broke off a brown bean and swallowed it. Burton turned round just in
time to see the deed. For a moment he stood aghast. Then very slowly
he tiptoed his way from the door and hurried stealthily from the house.
From some bills which he had been studying half an hour ago he
remembered that Mr. Waddington was due, later in the morning, to
conduct a sale of "antique" furniture!
CHAPTER VI
A MEETING WITH ELLEN
The clearness of vision which enabled Alfred Burton now to live in and
appreciate a new and marvelous world, failed, however, to keep him from
feeling, occasionally, exceedingly hungry. He lived on very little, but
the weekly amount must always be sent to Garden Green. There came a
time when he broke in upon the last five pound note of his savings. He
realized the position without any actual misgivings. He denied himself
regretfully a tiny mezzotint of the Raphael "Madonna," which he coveted
for his mantelpiece. He also denied himself dinner for several
evenings. When fortune knocked at his door he was, in fact,
extraordinarily hungry.
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