‘What now?’ ‘Now,’ she answered flatly, ‘you will please to tell me at once why you have come here. 1. " "You may spare me your compassion, friend," observed Thames; "I am falsely detained. Are you sure what it is you want of me?” “I want you. " He summoned another "boy" and rumbled some Cantonese. They entered a hansom and turned on to the Embankment.