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Once, a lady gave her a half-sovereign, which was a source of great pain and anxiety to Goody Twoshoes. And what do you think? Another pensionnaire of the establishment cut the coin out of Goody's stays an old woman who went upon two crutches! Faugh, the old witch! What? Violence amongst these toothless, tottering, trembling, feeble ones? Robbery amongst the penniless?
Secure in the pocket of her valanced brown skirt for at that time and in that place it had not yet occurred to any woman that pockets were a superfluity a private half-sovereign lay in the inmost compartment of her purse; this coin was destined to recompense Mr. Cannon.
There were two soldiers' wives standing on the pavement near us, and one of them showed a half-sovereign to the other, saying, "'Tis the last day's airnin' iver I seen by him, Mrs. Muldoon, ma'am!
There was a half-sovereign, two florins, ninepence in silver, no coppers for copper practically does not circulate in South Africa, which is one of the things that make living so dear there in all exactly fourteen and ninepence. "'There, Harry, my boy! I said, 'that is the sum total of our worldly wealth; that hole has swallowed all the rest.
Bob grinned with satisfaction when Max, expressing his gratification, dropped into his hand a half-sovereign. "Thought you'd be pleased, sir," said he, as he helped to get Dudley into the carriage. "I said it was for a toff, a reg'lar tip-topper; and so it was, s' help me!" Dudley, who was very lame, and who had to be more than half carried, looked out of the window.
"As I came down the street I noticed Deveril speaking with those two satellites of his outside the 'Cat and Mouse. I at once guessed something was up here, and thought I would try and pump them, so I walked into the bar and asked in my best English accent for a whisky and soda, throwing down a half-sovereign to pay for it, and began talking about racing bets with the barman.
We ourselves feel thoroughly at home, nor are we wholly forgotten by the public; for on beckoning to a driver on the cab-stand to approach with his side-car, he responded with alacrity, calling to his neighbour, "Here's me sixpenny darlin' again!" and I recognised him immediately as a man who had once remonstrated with me eloquently on the subject of a fee, making such a fire of Hibernian jokes over my sixpence that I heartily wished it had been a half-sovereign.
So he pocketed the half-sovereign, and bought his little Grace a neck-handkerchief, blue with white spots; and so this unlucky man and his child fought their way from west to east, till they reached that place where we introduced them to the reader. That was an era in their painful journey, because until then Hope's only anxiety was to find food and some little comfort for his child.
Spargo, feeling that he was in for it, handed over the second half-sovereign, and busied himself in ordering a taxi-cab. But when that came round he had to wait while Mrs. Gutch consumed a third glass of gin and purchased a flask of the same beverage to put in her pocket.
"Oh, father! I found this book in the shop, packed away on a top shelf, and I want to borrow it. I only want to borrow it. And I've bought this paint-box, out of auntie's half-sovereign. I paid Miss Ingamells the full price... I thought I'd have a go at some of these architecture things." Darius glared at the copy. "Humph!" "It's only just started, you know."
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