Now, look here, Kate.

We needn't rake up the past.

My lot in life is fixed.

I like my profession, but I can't be expected to care for the beggary which accompanies it.

I'm in a scrape, and I want to see the mater." "Poor mother! I _wish_ you weren't going to worry her, Loftie." "It doesn't worry a mother to help her only son." "But she has helped you so often.