Think not lightly of the _farthing_ I had to give, now and then, for pen, ink, or paper.

That farthing was, alas! a great sum to me.

I was as tall as I am now, and I had great health and great exercise.

The whole of the money not expended for us at market was _twopence a week_ for each man.

I remember, and well I may! that upon one occasion I had, after all absolutely necessary expenses, made shift to have a half-penny in reserve, which I had destined for the purpose of a red herring in the morning, but so hungry as to be hardly able to endure life, when I pulled off my clothes at night, I found that I had lost my half-penny.