Alowvoice，withagoodturnofexpression，andsweetcadenceattheendofit，begg\'dforatwelve-souspiecebetwixtthem，fortheloveofheaven。Ithoughtitsingularthatabeggarshouldfixthequotaofanalms-andthatthesumshouldbetwelvetimesasmuchaswhatisusuallygiveninthedark-Theybothseemedastonishedatitasmuchasmyself-Twelvesous!saidone-Atwelve-souspiece!saidtheother，-andmadenoreply。
Thepoormansaid，heknewnothowtoasklessofladiesoftheirrank；andbow\'ddownhisheadtotheground。
Poo!saidthey，-wehavenomoney。
Thebeggarremainedsilentforamomentortwo，andrenew\'dhissupplication-
Donot，myfairyoungladies，saidhe，stopyourgoodearsagainstme-Uponmyword，honestman!saidtheyounger，wehavenochange-ThenGodblessyou，saidthepoorman，andmultiplythosejoyswhichyoucangivetootherswithoutchange!-I