? ? ? ? 'There may be work to be got,' she said. 'I'll try.'
? ? ? ? 'At least take some assistance,' I returned, 'until you have tried.'
? ? ? ? 'I could not do what I have promised, for money,' she replied. 'I could not take it, if I was starving. To give me money would be to take away your trust, to take away the object that you have given me, to take away the only certain thing that saves me from the river.'
? ? ? ? 'In the name of the great judge,' said I, 'before whom you and all of us must stand at His dread time, dismiss that terrible idea! We can all do some good, if we will.'
? ? ? ? She trembled, and her lip shook, and her face was paler, as she answered:
? ? ? ? 'It has been put into your hearts, perhaps, to save a wretched creature for repentance.
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