I could put a good trifle of money in your way; but you tell the truth without it, which is very, very noble.

Yet people with a family have duties to discharge to them, and must sacrifice their feelings to affection.

Fifty guineas is a tidy little figure, ma'am.

With the famine growing in the land, no parent should turn his honest back upon fifty guineas.

And to get the gold, and do good at the same time, is a very rare chance indeed." This speech was too much for Widow Precious to carry to her settled judgment, and get verdict in a breath.