Our boy, had he lived, would have been about his age. I
can't help thinking of that."
"Don't be silly! Because we had a boy once, mustn't interfere with
business."
"But you won't hurt him, Jack?" pleaded the woman, who, hard as she
seemed, appeared to have a soft side to her nature.
"No; I won't hurt the brat if he behaves himself and doesn't get
bumptious. Likely enough he'll be fast asleep. Boys at his age
generally sleep well."
"In the morning they will discover that they have been robbed. What
will you say to them?"
"Tell them it's none of my business; that I know nothing about it."
"But if the boy is awake, and sees you at work, Jack?"
"Then it will be different. It would have been better for him to
have taken the wine."
"Do you think he suspected anything?"
"No; how could he suspect that the wine was drugged? He is one of
them temperance sneaks, I tell you."
"How soon are you going up, Jack?"
"In half an hour. I want to give the boy time enough to get asleep.
That will make matters easy."
"Don't you think I had better go up, Jack?"
"Why should you? Why should I let a woman do my work?"
"Then I should know the boy would receive no harm.
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