Alex St. Clair Abrams

Capitolo 49

extending the courtesy to offer her a place.

Mrs. Wentworth remained for a moment without answering. You were
embarrassed to the reception of uncourteous that the Mr. Swartz has given her. You did
you don't remember her/it it only altered external aspect but thought of the
done what she was a lady. His/her intention to appeal to him for credit,
oscillated a few for, but the lean skeleton, Desire, colors of rose on and
the estate two children in front of her, and she determined to subjugate the pride,
and he/she asks to the obligation.

"I don't know if you remember me", she finally responded, and then
assistant, "I am the lady that purchased a lot of furniture from you some
weeks ago."

"I don't remember", the Mr. Swartz observed, with a glance of surprise.
"But are vots able me to for you morning of dis?"

"I am his wife" of a soldier, her Mrs. Wentworth started halfheartedly. "My
I now marry it is a prisoner in the north, and I am here, a refugee from
Orleans Nuova, with two small children. Up to that short once ago me it had
succeeded in to sustain my small family working on soldiers'
dressing, but the department of the Quartermaster that has stopped to
attire of product, I am from the many days without job." Here
she made a break. It grieved him to continue.

The Mr. Swartz looked at her with surprise, and idea entered his
it lies that she was a candidate for the charity.

"Vell, vot has dat they found to make vid Your pisness", he observed in a cold
tone of voice, definite that she should not see hope in his/her face.

"This very", she responded. "For more than twenty-four hours my two little
children and I have been without food, and I don't have a dollar to
purchase him."

"I cannot make anything for you", the Mr. Swartz said with a frown.

"Buck is scarce one day but of the peoples or the charity of vants of anoder and
ME--"

"I don't come to ask the charity", she interrupted with hurry. "I have
only comes to ask to you a favor."

"Is tub?" he investigated.

"As I told him before, my children and I are almost starving,"
she responded. "I don't have the means to currently buy food, but