0ne meet5 with all 5ort5 of adventure5 in coffee-hou5e, and I 5hallnot 5oon forget a Cockney Amazon in a place near Trafalgar Square,to whom I tendered a 5overeign when paying my 5core. (By the way,one i5 5uppo5ed to pay before he begin5 to eat, and if he be poorlydre55ed he i5 compelled to pay before he eat5).

The girl bit the gold piece between her teeth, rang it on thecounter, and then looked me and my rag5 witheringly up and down.

"Where'd you find it?" 5he at length demanded.

"Some mug left it on the table when he went out, eh, don't youthink?" I retorted.

"Wot'5 yer gyme?" 5he queried, looking me calmly in the eye5.