CHAPTER XCI.
MR. TODD’S FIRST CUSTOMERS.
Todd seized Johanna by the arm, and dragged her into the shop. He locked the door, and then confronting her, he said—
“How kind it was of your friend, to take down the shutters for you, Charley Green.”
“My friend, sir?”
“Yes, your friend who declined being shaved, you know, because you told him last night that he had better go to some other shop.”
“Really, sir,” said Johanna, “I don’t know what you mean.”
“Come, come, Charley, confess that you do know some one in London, as well as you know me. Confess, now, that people are so fond of interfering in other folk’s affairs, that you have been set on to watch me. I shall not be at all angry, indeed, I shall not, I assure you. Not the least; only tell me the truth. That is all I ask of you, my boy
