I blamed none of those who repulsed me.

I felt it was what was to be expected, and what could not be helped: an ordinary beggar is frequently an object of suspicion; a well-dressed beggar inevitably so.

To be sure, what I begged was employment; but whose business was it to provide me with employment?
Not, certainly, that of persons who saw me then for the first time, and who knew nothing about my character.

And as to the woman who would not take my handkerchief in exchange for her bread, why, she was right, if the offer appeared to her sinister or the exchange unprofitable.

Let me condense now.