EDWARD, (_entering._) Here I am, mother; what do you wish? MRS. L. You must go in search of Edith; she has been carried off to the gypsies' camp. EDWARD. The gypsies' camp! I will find her, mother; do not be troubled about her. SCENE 4. _A Lonely Road; LISA crying. EDWARD enters._ EDWARD. Edith, Edith, I have found you at last. (_Throws his arms round her._) LISA. It is not Edith; it is only me. EDWARD. You, you little vagabond! What have you done with Edith? Where is your gypsy camp? LISA. She is not there; I have been to the gypsies. They say mother is carried to jail, and Edith to the House of Correction. EDWARD. Edith in the House of Correction! My sister! That shall never be. _Exit._ LISA. O, stop, stop! Pray show me the way to the jail; don't leave me alone here! There, he has gone. Edith would not have done so. What shall I do? I am so tired I cannot drag one foot after another. I must lie down and die here, all alone in the dark night. And mother is in the jail without me. How wretched she will be! O mother, mother! SCENE 5. _House of Correction. EDITH, CATHARINE HALL, SARAH MUNN, and other Women._ SARAH. What young thing is that they have just brought in? She looks as if she thought we were wild tigers from a caravan. CATHARINE. She's a proud little minx; see how she holds up her head, and looks about, with her old brown rags on. For all she has such fine ways, I'll warrant you she is no better than the rest of us. I'll have a talk with her. SARAH. Let her alone. Don't go; she's better than we, and shall be left so. CATHARINE. Hands off. Do you think I'm going to be cheated of my sport? You had better turn minister. You look as grand as a judge. We'll teach her what kind of company she has fallen into. Come along; you haven't had any too much amusement to-day. SARAH. Well. CATHARINE. Come, child, tell us all about it; what are you in here for? EDITH. I have done nothing. CATHARINE. Arson, perhaps; that's my go. EDITH. What is arson? CATHARINE. What innocence! You never set a barn on fire, did you, my pretty one? SARAH. Only a fence, Catharine, you know. CATHARINE. You never stole a watch, or picked a pocket, or took a drink or two. O, no! How very young we are! Well, stay with us a while, and you'll soon be old. We can give you the best instructors. EDWARD, (_entering._) Where is she? Here, among these women! Edith, look up. I have come to take you home. EDITH. Home! O Edward, I have heard such things! EDWARD. Never mind the things; come quick as you can. Mother is in the greatest distress. EDITH. Is Lisa there? EDWARD. No, we sent her off, fast enough. I met her in the road looking for the jail and her mother. EDITH. And you showed her the way? EDWARD. No, I left her there; I was in haste to find you. I would not have any one know you are here for the world; the whole village would be talking about it to-morrow.