Having only one eye she could not see what her Jonathan saw, and what was spoiling his enjoyment of Ebenezer's effusive gratitude to his dear parents for having trained him up in lofty principles.
It was chiefly male cronies who had been invited to breakfast, and the table had been decorated with biscuits and fruit and sweets not appertaining to the meal, but provided for the refreshment of the less-favored visitors--such as Mr.and Mrs.Hyams--who would be dropping in during the day.

Now, nearly every one of the guests had brought a little boy with him, each of whom stood like a page behind his father's chair.
Before starting on their prandial fried fish, these trencher-men took from the dainties wherewith the ornamental plates were laden and gave thereof to their offspring.

Now this was only right and proper, because it is the prerogative of children to "_nash_" on these occasions.

But as the meal progressed, each father from time to time, while talking briskly to his neighbor, allowed his hand to stray mechanically into the plates and thence negligently backwards into the hand of his infant, who stuffed the treasure into his pockets.

Sugarman fidgeted about uneasily; not one surreptitious seizure escaped him, and every one pricked him like a needle.