Then, back again--swift as an arrow from the archer's bow--noting, with bright eye, and head turned sidewise, that the hand resting on the coping had moved nearer; yet brave to take all risks for the sake of those yellow beaks, which would gape wide, in expectation, at sound of the beat of his wings.
"Feed thyself, thou little worldling!" chuckled old Antony, and covered the remaining bits of cheese with her hand.

"Who art thou to come here presuming to teach thy betters lessons of self-sacrifice?
First feed thyself; then give to the hungry, the fragments that remain.

Had I five squealing children here--which Heaven forbid--I should eat mine own mess, and count myself charitable if I let them lick the dish.

The holy Ladies give to the poor at the Convent gate, that for which they have no further use.

Does thy jaunty fatherhood presume to shame our saintly celibacy?
Mother Sub-Prioress did chide me sharply because, to a poor soul with many hungry mouths to feed, I gave a good piece of venison, and not the piece which was tainted.