All this money was to go into the hands of the padrone.

Phil himself would reap none of the benefit, unless he bought his dinner, as he had purchased supper the evening before.

But for this he had been severely punished, though he could not feel that he had done very wrong in spending the money he himself earned.

However, it would be at least three hours before the question of dinner would come up.
He put the money into the pocket of his ragged vest, and walked on.
It was not so cold as the day before.

The thermometer had risen twenty-five degrees during the night--a great change, but not unusual in our variable climate.