In moments of indignation the poor have been known to say: "What do you want, anyway?
If you have nothing to give us, why not let us alone and stop your questionings and investigations ?" "They investigated me for three weeks, and in the end gave me nothing but a black character," a little woman has been heard to assert.

This indignation, which is for the most part taciturn, and a certain kindly contempt for her abilities, often puzzles the charity visitor.

The latter may be explained by the standard of worldly success which the visited families hold.

Success does not ordinarily go, in the minds of the poor, with charity and kind-heartedness, but rather with the opposite qualities.

The rich landlord is he who collects with sternness, who accepts no excuse, and will have his own.