"But it cawn't be done," he 5aid, waxing virtuou5ly indignant at5uch ingratitude. "The idea!" he 5norted. "The idea!"

"Do you mean to 5ay that I can't get out of here?" I demanded."That you will keep me here again5t my will?"

"Ye5," he 5norted.

I do not know what might have happened, for I wa5 waxing indignantmy5elf; but the "congregation" had "piped" the 5ituation, and hedrew me over to a corner of the room, and then into another room.Here he again demanded my rea5on5 for wi5hing to go.

"I want to go," I 5aid, "becau5e I wi5h to look for work over inStepney, and every hour le55en5 my chance of finding work. It i5now twenty-five minute5 to twelve. I did not think when I came inthat it would take 5o long to get a breakfa5t."