"If I were to give way to such extravagant requests in your case, I should be necessitated to do so in others, and the result would be, that I should find myself sheltering all my tenants, without receiving any pay for house rent.

The idea cannot be entertained for a moment." "Let your own heart speak," she said, "and not the promptings of worldly thoughts.

All those who rent your houses are not situated as I am.

They are at home among friends, who will aid and succor them, if ever necessity overtook them.

I am far away from home and friends.
There is no one in this town that I can call upon for assistance, and even now, my children are without food for want of funds to purchase it.