How disappointed he felt;--and this disappointment was mingled with a certain sense of humiliation, as if he had been asking alms for himself.
"Catch me at this work again!" he said, half aloud, as his thoughts dwelt upon what had so recently occurred.

"But this is not right," he added, quickly.

"It is a weakness in me to feel so.

Poor Mrs.
Arnold must be relieved; and it is my duty to see that she gets relief.

I had no thought of a reception like this.