My best pictures, my money and all my extra clothing have gone to feed the hungry and cover the naked.
And even now, when I have nothing left to give, I find as much misery as before.

Often, since I have been alone, I have had nothing to eat and no fire to keep me warm.

Then I feared to tell you what I had done, and I bore it in silence, hoping that I might earn more money by painting.

But I could not work.

When Hester came back I told her all my troubles, and she gave me money, not only for my own use but for the use of others who needed it more than I.She and I have wandered about the city by day and by night, ministering to the sick and the friendless." He ceased speaking, his head bent forward upon his hands.