Ah, if Ronald and I kept house, you should not be lying in this shed! He admires you so much.' 'My dear friend,' said I, 'for God's sake do not embarrass me with more alms.

I loved to receive them from that hand, so long as they were needed; but they are so no more, and whatever else I may lack--and I lack everything--it is not money.' I pulled out my sheaf of notes and detached the top one: it was written for ten pounds, and signed by that very famous individual, Abraham Newlands.

'Oblige me, as you would like me to oblige your brother if the parts were reversed, and take this note for the expenses.

I shall need not only food, but clothes.' 'Lay it on the ground,' said she.

'I must not stop my beating.' 'You are not offended ?' I exclaimed.
She answered me by a look that was a reward in itself, and seemed to imply the most heavenly offers for the future.