"'E's worth more'n a penny--a kitty like 'im!" he blubbered.
"Not to drown.

It's all you'll get," said the Terror curtly.

He tossed the penny to Billy's feet, turned on his heel and went back across the common away from the village.

Some of the brightness faded out of the faces of Erebus and Wiggins.
"I wouldn't have given him a penny.

He was only going to drown the kitten," said Erebus in a grudging tone.
"It was his kitten.