"The next mornin' I went to see His Lordship.
"'Did ye land her all right, Fin?'
"'I did, sor,' I says.
"'Had ye any trouble wid the key?'
"'No, sor,' I says, 'the door was open.'
"'That's queer,' he says; 'maybe her husband came in earlier and forgot
to shut it. And ye put her on the sofa----'
"'No, sor, in a big chair.'
"'In the parlor on the right?'
"'No, sor, in a little room on the left--down one step----'
"He stopped and looked at me.
"'Te're sure ye put her in the fust white house?'
"'I am, sor.'
"'Wid geraniums in the winder?'
"'Yes, sor.'
"'Red?' he says.
"'No, white,' I says.
"'On the north side of the Square?
"'No,' I says, 'on the south.'
"'My God! Fin,' he says, 'ye left her in the wrong house!'"
It was I who shook the boat this time.
"Oh, ye needn't laugh, sor; it was no laughin' matter. I got me five
bob, but I lost His Lordship's custom, and I didn't dare go near Cadogan
Square for a month."
These disclosures opened up a new and wider horizon.
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