Those two youngsters have certainly given their Spiritual adviser and confessor great offence: the expression of his face is very far from amiable, and the cloud of anger has not passed away from a countenance which, in its ordinary aspect, cannot be otherwise than handsome, with a look of benevolence. He grasps his Snuff-box and his handkerchief somewhat carelessly, while he watches the faces of the juvenile delinquents to observe what effect his lecture has had upon them. Outwardly there are signs of repentance, but in the bigger boy it is to be feared that the admonition has not penetrated very profoundly into the heart and conscience—it is little more than skin-deep. Even the dog at the feet of the priest looks suspiciously at the presumed transgressors; perhaps he knows by experience what torments they are to dogs in the Streets.