Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875, Dulcken, H. W. (Henry William), 1832-1894, Bayes, Alfred Walter, 1832-1909, ill · London : G. Routledge and Sons · leaf 18
is shilling,she said; for, with the best will in the world, I cant hoard up a false.shilling. The rich baker shall have him; he will be able to bear the loss—but its wrong in me to do it, after all. And I must lie heavy on that womans conscience too/ sighed I. Am I really so much changed in my old… … THE MOTHER TRIES THE SHILLING. to think that I should be the cause of distress to others—I who hadbeen in my young days so proudly conscious of my value and of thecorrectness of my mintage. I became as miserable as a poor shillingcan be whom no one will accept; but the woman took me home again,and…
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