’Iamonlypartlyinman’sclothes，’shefaltered，shrinkingbacktothewall。’ItisonlyhisgreatcoatandhatandbreechesthatI’vegoton，whichisnoharm，ashewasmyownhusband；andIdoitonlybecauseacloakblowsaboutso，andyoucan’tuseyourarms。Ihavegotmyowndressunderjustthesame——itisonlytuckedin！Willyougoawayupstairsandletmepass？Ididn’twantyoutoseemeatsuchatimeasthis！’
’ButIhavearighttoseeyou！Howdoyouthinktherecanbeanythingbetweenusnow？’Lizzywassilent。’Youareasmuggler，’
hecontinuedsadly。
’Ihaveonlyashareintherun，’shesaid。
’Thatmakesnodifference。Whateverdidyouengageinsuchatradeasthatfor，andkeepitsuchasecretfrommeallthistime？’