text:  And what was her business here? For whom did _she_ wait? Was it for the father of that child?--and was she so satisfied of her partner's innocence and the justice of mankind that here she lingered to receive him assured of meeting him again? What was his crime?--his character?--her history? I would have given much to know indeed I was about to question her when I was startled and detained by the drawing of a bolt--the opening of the door--and the appearance of the very man whom I had come to see