Capitolo 58
read him/it in my torn suits. I see the boys that look to sometimes my
I live poor, as if theirs wondered because I dressed so badly. Smith has
more than once the throw insulting glances to coat rusted mine. It is not
penuriousness, as some of the boys you/he/she can think--it is poverty that
it prevents me to dress more suitably himself/herself/themselves."
"The Mr. Crabb, I sympathize with you", said Hector.
"Thanks, Hector. Of that self are sure."
"The Mr. Smith should pay her/it enough to cleanly dress himself/herself/themselves. Him
enough it does her hard job."
"He pays me winds dollars for month", says the usher; "winds dollars
and my axle."
"Is it that everybody?" Asked Hector, in amazement. "Because, the girl in the
kitchen almost earns that"
"To be sure", he/she answered to the usher, bitterly; "but in the Mr. Smith
preventive, I am standing very small taller. He doesn't appraise education,
not possessing him/it him. However, you can wonder because, also with
this sum, I cannot dress better. It is because I have an anything else other than
me to sustain."
"Doesn't he marry?" Asked Hector, in surprise.
"No; but I have a sister nothing that is completely dependent on me.
To her I devote three-quarters of my salary, and this allows a lot me
few for me. My poor sister is not rather able to earn anything
for her, so it is a matter of the necessity."
"Yes, I understand", said Hector, in a tone of understanding.
"You now see because I don't dare to leave this position, poor as it
it is. For me, I would take the risk, but I should not feel
justified in to show my sister to the hazard of possible lack."
"You are right, the Mr. Crabb. Now I am very sorry that you lifted the voice for
me. It has Mr. Smith prevented against you."
"No, no; I won't repent that. Indeed, he would hesitate to turn me
adrift, for him it would not be sure to find another teacher to take
my place for the same salary of mendicant."
"Anything can turn above still for you, the Mr. Crabb", said Hector,
with good hope.
"Perhaps so", he/she answered to the usher, but its tone was away from