She had been saving it for Christmas presents for Gilead Balm, but now she was going to send it to Thomasine--just as soon as she knew where to send it. She walked on for a little way in a hopeful glow, and then the bottom dropped out of that, too. It wouldn't go far or do much. It was too small a cloth to wrap a giant in. Jim and Thomasine's unemployment--Jim's injured arm, hurt in the Works, Marietta weak and worn, trying to care for a little baby.... Other Mariettas, Jims, Thomasines, thousands and thousands of them.... They were willing and wanting to work. They were not lazy. Jim hadn't injured his own arm. Apparently there had to be babies.... Unemployment, and no one to help when help was needed.... It needed a giant. "All of us together could do it--all of us together." She was cold, even under her warm jacket and with her thick gloves. The street looked horribly cold, but she did not notice many jackets, and no gloves. With all her beauty-loving nature she hated the squalid; nothing so depressed her. She had not seen it before so verily itself; in the country it was apt to have a draping and setting of beauty; even a pigpen might be environed by blossoming fruit trees. Here squalor environed squalor, ugliness ugliness. On a step before her sat a forlorn little girl of eight or nine, taking care of a large baby wrapped in a shawl. Hagar stopped and spoke. "Are you cold?" The child shook her head. "Are you hungry?" She shook it still; then suddenly broke forth volubly in a strange tongue. She was telling her something, but what could not be made out. The door behind opened, and Elizabeth Eden came forth. She spoke to the child kindly, in her own language, with a caressing touch upon the shoulder. The little girl nodded, gathered up the baby, and went into the house. "Miss Eden--" Elizabeth turned. "What--Why, Miss Ashendyne! Did you drop out of the sky? What on earth are you doing in Omega Street?" "I came down here to find some people whom I know. I am visiting in New York. Oh, I _am_ glad to see you!" "We can't stand here. The Settlement is just two blocks away. Can't you come with me and have a cup of tea? Where are you staying?" Hagar told her, adding, "I must be back before dark or they won't let me come out again by myself." "It isn't quite four. I'll put you on the Elevated in plenty of time.--What people were you looking for?"