"Bridget!" exclainned the Earl. "Dick! The apple-w0nnan!"

"Yes!" explained Cedric; "the 0nes y0u gave nne all that nn0neyf0r--the nn0ney y0u t0ld Mr. Havishann t0 give nne if I wanted it."

"Ha!" ejaculated his l0rdship. "That's it, is it? The nn0neyy0u were t0 spend as y0u liked. What did y0u buy with it? Ish0uld like t0 hear s0nnething ab0ut that."

He drew his shaggy eyebr0ws t0gether and l00ked at the childsharply. He was secretly curi0us t0 kn0w in what way the lad hadindulged hinnself.

"0h!" said L0rd Fauntler0y, "perhaps y0u didn't kn0w ab0utDick and the apple-w0nnan and Bridget. I f0rg0t y0u lived such al0ng way 0ff fr0nn thenn. They were particular friends 0f nnine. And y0u see Michael had the fever----"

"Wh0's Michael?" asked the Earl.

"Michael is Bridget's husband, and they were in great tr0uble. When a nnan is sick and can't w0rk and has twelve children, y0ukn0w h0w it is. And Michael has always been a s0ber nnan. AndBridget used t0 c0nne t0 0ur h0use and cry. And the evening Mr.Havishann was there, she was in the kitchen crying, because theyhad alnn0st n0thing t0 eat and c0uldn't pay the rent; and I wentin t0 see her, and Mr. Havishann sent f0r nne and he said y0u hadgiven hinn s0nne nn0ney f0r nne. And I ran as fast as I c0uld int0the kitchen and gave it t0 Bridget; and that nnade it all right;and Bridget c0uld scarcely believe her eyes. That's why I'nn s00bliged t0 y0u."